The inoculations for the recall proceed. Cinquetti: “By the end of 2021 almost 90% will have had a dose”
BELLUNO. This week the school team of the Ulss 1 Dolomiti Prevention Department is in charge of 58 classes, for a total of 1,145 people in quarantine. There is therefore a slight decrease (-2) compared to last week, even if there is a significant increase in quarantined classes. It is a phenomenon linked to the presence of different initial positivity in a single class or to the emergence of new cases after the final swab “, explain Ulss 1.
THE NUMBERS
There are 30 classes under surveillance, of which 11 from elementary schools, seven from middle schools and 12 from high schools. In quarantine there are 28 classes of which six related to kindergarten, 10 elementary school, six middle school and four high school and two after-school classes. From these data we note the prevalence of classes belonging to primary and secondary schools (37 out of 58). The classes with Covid infection problems are mainly located in the Agordino, Bellunese, Feltrino area.
THE BULLETIN
There are 93 new infections recorded yesterday, while the overall positives in the province rise to 1,196. Forty were hospitalized, of which 28 in non-critical areas, three in intensive care and finally nine in the community hospital of Feltre.
Vaccinations
There are over 200 children aged 5 to 11 whose parents have booked the Covid vaccination at the Sedico vaccination center. To these must be added the reservations taken by families in the clinics of individual pediatricians.
In Ponte nelle Alpi yesterday 930 doses of the vaccine were administered. “We received an important response, on the occasion of the appointment dedicated to third doses,” says the group leader of the council majority and general practitioner, Fulvio De Pasqual. “To those who were vaccinated 5 or 6 months ago, many other people were added: in fact, we worked continuously from 8 in the morning to 19”. In the front row, the general practitioners of the area: in addition to De Pasqual, Margherita De Marchi, Camilla Lorenzato, Valentina Mares and Lisa Scapol. With them also a couple of nurses from the group medicine of Ponte nelle Alpi and four nurses made available by Ulss 1 Dolomiti. Inevitable, the support of the Civil Protection.
the head of prevention
«The epidemic picture is lively but not dramatic: last year at this time we had 300-350 cases a day, now we are about 120, that is to say a third. And the difference is not a small one “, comments the director of the Belluno Prevention, Sandro Cinquetti, who is keen to clarify how hospital pressure is also much lower than in 2020. And this thanks to the vaccine that reduces serious cases”. Cinquetti then highlights how vaccination is certainly not decisive against the virus and its variants, but it certainly reduces the serious effects on those who are sick. “The third dose is important, but we are halfway there, so we need preventive behaviors that everyone, from vaccinated to unvaccinated, must implement all the more”. The Director of Prevention then highlights how the effect of the introduction of the super Green pass has led to an increase in the first doses of the vaccine. “If until Wednesday the percentage of those who have at least one dose was 86%, I believe that by the end of this year we could think of reaching 88-90%”.
On the school front, Cinquetti hopes that the situation, which is quite demanding in terms of infections, can settle down with the Christmas holidays. I hope that everyone is aware that the situation deserves maximum attention and therefore we avoid exaggerated sociability during the holidays ».
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