Another summer with masks on the beach? Maybe not to wear every time you meet a waterfront mate, as the most diligent ones did in 2020 and 2021, but to take with you to use them if necessary “absolutely yes”. Provoked on the subject, virologist Fabrizio Pregliasco responds with a smile to beraking latest news Salute. The professor of Hygiene at the State University of Milan, medical director of Irccs Galeazzi, stubbornly relaunches his metaphor: “I would use them as glasses alone, when needed and with common sense”.
According to the expert, the rise of the Sars-CoV-2 infection driven by the advance of the Omicron 5 sub-variant is the occasion “to reiterate it once again and even more: when there are moments of gathering, the mask is needed”, in every open or closed context, therefore also by the sea. Certainly not in the water, maybe not to talk to the neighbor about the umbrella, though at the bar of the establishment maybe yesor queuing at the toilet, or to feel calmer at aperitif time.
On the hypothesis put forward by the Undersecretary of Health Andrea Costa, to soon eliminate the quarantine obligation for people infected with the Sars-CoV-2 coronavirus, Preglisco slows down. “I would say that before releasing the positives it will be better to wait a moment“, also affirms in the light of the data of the weekly Covid-19 monitoring of the Higher Institute of Health and the Ministry of Health:” The trend shows how there is a I have been increasing for 3 weeks now“, explains the doctor to beraking latest news Salute, keeping to” reiterate that we are in a transition phase, with waves that hopefully should not increase the saddest aspects of the disease too much, thanks to the large number of vaccinated people. However let’s not underestimate the situation“.
The increase in incidence, and this week also some Rt and hospitalizations not in intensive care, “depends on several factors”, underlines the professor of Hygiene of the State University of Milan, medical director of Irccs Galeazzi: “The greater freedom that we allowed ourselves, because in some ways it was necessary and it was the time to do it, it certainly plays a role because it means more opportunities to get in touch with other people “and” we know that every contact involves a certain risk. there is Omicron 5 “which is growing: according to the flash survey released today by the ISS, on 7 June it already exceeded 23% with peaks of 50% in Molise, 70% in Basilicata and even 100% in Valle d’Aosta .
Pregliasco therefore invites us to “wait to eliminate the isolation for the positives, even if it is clear that it is an action that is not completely incisive – observes the expert – because we don’t actually see many positivessince they do not undergo an ‘official’ swab and therefore are not tracked “.