Green light from the Technical Scientific Committee for the third dose of vaccine for the over 80, for the guests of the assisted health residences and for the health professionals most exposed to the infection.
Green light from the Technical Scientific Committee for the third dose of vaccine for the over 80, for the guests of the assisted health residences and for the health professionals most exposed to the infection. The extension to the rest of the staff has been postponed. On the agenda for Monday the decisions on the reduction of the quarantine in schools (only to the desk mate in case of positive) and on the increase of the capacity for events and shows (stadiums, concerts, cinemas and theaters).
There are 3,525 Covid test positives identified in the last 24 hours, according to data from the Ministry of Health in the report of Saturday 25 September. On Friday there were 3,797. Instead, there are 50 victims in one day (yesterday there were 52). 357,491 molecular and antigenic swabs for the coronavirus carried out, were 277,508 on Friday. The positivity rate is 1%, down from yesterday’s figure (1.4%). There are 481 patients hospitalized in intensive care for Covid in Italy, down 8 compared to yesterday in the balance between entries and exits. The daily admissions, according to data from the Ministry of Health, are 26 (yesterday they were 35). The hospitalized with symptoms in the ordinary wards are 3,497, or 56 less than yesterday.
The validity and possibility of issuing COVID-19 vaccination exemption certificates is extended until November 30, 2021. This is established by a circular from the Ministry of Health. The circular states “that a new release of the certifications already issued will not be necessary, except in cases in which they contain data of the interested party, additional to those indicated for their compilation, of a sensitive nature (eg clinical reason for the exemption ) “. Last August, a maximum validity was established for certificates until 30 September 2021, unless otherwise specified.
The number of cases among health workers has been decreasing since the second half of August, but more slowly than the decline in cases in the rest of the population. This was revealed by the Extended Report of the Istituto Superiore di Sanità, published on the Epicentro website. A slight increase emerges in correspondence with the increase in the number of cases in the remaining population at the beginning of July. While cases in the population have been decreasing sharply since the second half of August, cases among healthcare professionals are decreasing more slowly (358 compared to 380 the previous week) and is now 2.1% compared to the rest of the population.
Against the increase in the incidence of Covid cases detected at the beginning of July in all age groups, starting from the beginning of August there was a “sharp decrease” in the incidence in the 12-19 year range and a less marked decrease in incidence in over 20s. For the population under the age of 12, who do not have access to vaccination, the incidence only started to decrease from the end of August along with the reduction in overall cases. This was reported in the extended ISS report updated to 22 September.
In the over 80 group in the last 30 days the hospitalization rate among the unvaccinated was 9 times higher than in the vaccinated, in intensive care 11 times higher and the death rate 14 times higher. This was revealed by the extended report of the Istituto Superiore di Sanita ‘now published on the Epicentro website, updated on 22 September.
“We are still in the pandemic, but the results of the vaccination campaign are very encouraging: this morning we are 77.4% of people who can be vaccinated who have completed the cycle, at 83,600,000 doses administered, a very significant number that is growing and in recent days, thanks to the choices made, there is a significant increase in the first doses and this puts us in a position to better govern the ‘epidemic’, said Health Minister Roberto Speranza, speaking at ‘Futura 2021’, the three-day event promoted by the CGIL.
“We are in an unprecedented investment phase. We must continue to increase the resources that the state commits to public health ”. “To the funding of the NRP, 20 billion in one fell swoop, we must add those to the national health fund, to give continuity. A structural investment is being built “. Speranza explained that “the 4 billion of home assistance will largely go to the staff and a constant and significant growth of the national health fund will be needed. The basic challenge is to transform the crisis into opportunity. The flow of numbers is objective and it is necessary to build a structural investment. Then you have to get your hands on the operation which is an excellence but the lesson of Covid must teach us what worked “.
“The PNRR reduces the disparities in access to territorial care between the weakest and strongest regions and staff is an essential key”. For Speranza this also means “investing in ‘community houses’ which are different from ‘health houses’, and on this there is an effort on social issues with Minister Andrea Orlando, because where there is a social crisis, then there is also the health crisis “. “We want to put the resources on staff who will provide home care, and therefore we need a constant, significant growth of the national fund and we are working on this and I believe the challenge will meet the support of social forces and trade unions, such as the CGIL . The word proximity, 4 billion on home care, with the home as the first place of care, means more doctors and nurses who go to homes but also more technology and digital capacity ”he concluded.
“The commitment to help the countries most in need by donating vaccine doses is fundamental. As regards the vaccine, inequality is unsustainable and we must all work in support of the countries most in need ”. “To do this, you have to work in two ways: immediately, by donating the doses, as we are doing, to bring them to a significant percentage of vaccinations, and through technological support, favoring the production of vaccines also in other areas of the world, but you don’t do this in a few days ”.
“We are working to bring Italy to have a greater level of autonomy for the future in the production of vaccines,” said Speranza.
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