Covid, Ricciardi: “the most contagious Super Delta variant”

“From the experience of Cornwall, where 5,000 positive people were found at Covid after an outdoor festival in recent days, it seems that an even more contagious sub-variant of the Delta has been selected”. Walter Ricciardi, advisor to the Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza, and full professor of general and applied hygiene at the Catholic University of Rome told Adnkronos Health. “If this variant is so contagious on the outside, it is clear that it is even more so in a closed place, where you are close together, without a safe distance, as in public transport,” he added. The topic of transport is topical in Italy, in view of the reopening of schools and the movement of a large number of students every day. “If we don’t strengthen public transport before school starts, we should expect more infections,” said Ricciardi. “Strengthening public transport means firstly only picking up people with Green Passes. Secondly, people must stay in a certain distance, even if vaccinated, and this is not compatible with a filling greater than 50%. And of course they must wear masks, and this is taken for granted. If the transport is prolonged they must wear Ffp2. Without these measures the infections are discounted “, concluded Ricciardi.