Time is everything. To break the coronavirus contagion chain, the speed of intercepting and isolating the positives and tracing close contacts remains a fundamental moment to interrupt the circulation of the virus. And according to the data of the latest report published by the Istituto Superiore di Sanità, if on the one hand there is a decrease in the cases detected through the activity of contact tracing, 33% against 34% last week, on the other hand it is in slight increase in the percentage of cases detected through the appearance of symptoms (48% against 47%). That is, of people potentially capable of creating outbreaks of infections. On the other hand, the percentage of cases diagnosed through screening activities remains stable (19%).
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To run at the speed of the virus, therefore, it remains necessary to reconstruct the contacts, but above all to maintain the containment measures. The National Institute of Health underlines in the note: “A higher vaccination coverage, the completion of vaccination cycles and the maintenance of a high immune response, particularly in the categories at risk, detects monitoring, are the main tools to prevent further recurrence of episodes of increased circulation of the virus supported by emerging variants “. “It is advisable to carry out a capillary tracing and containment of cases, to maintain high attention and to apply and respect measures and behaviors to limit the further increase in viral circulation”.
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by Jacopo Vergari
The delta variant
In the meantime, in Italy the delta variant represents almost all cases. This variant is also dominant in the entire European Union and is associated with greater transmissibility: Great Britain has recorded the record of Covid infections since July; Germany is preparing for the peak of cases, while in Russia, with over 1000 deaths a day, the lockdown in Moscow returns. A “light” lockdown from October 28 to November 7.
Delta Plus sub-variant, what you need to know
Meanwhile, WHO and EMA are keeping an eye on the Delta ‘plus’ variant, the latest threat. The Covid pandemic “will carry on throughout 2022”, he predicts Bruce Aylward, expert of the World Health Organization (WHO), outlining an alarming picture in which “the poorest countries do not receive the vaccines they need”.
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