«If I am outside in a park or walk on the street without risk, I remove the mask but the norm I signed says that the mask must be kept with you and if there are gatherings it must be worn. The mask has been a fundamental tool in recent months and still is: they should always be worn indoors and outdoors they should be worn as soon as there is an element of risk, also for common sense ». Health Minister Roberto Speranza said: «We are bending the curve substantially without having to make people pay the price of other closures. The shield was precisely the vaccine ». On the over-50 vaccination obligation: “A brave right choice that puts us in a position to look at the coming months with greater confidence and that has allowed the country not to make people pay the price of other closures”. And again: «91% of people over 12 have vaccinated themselves and this has allowed us not to have an incredible pressure on hospitals. Even if the unvaccinated are only 9%, that 9% produces the majority of cases in hospitals and in intensive care ”.
The state of emergency
“On the expiration of the state of emergency Speranza declared:” We have worked alongside the scientific community in these two years and this will not change, then we will evaluate the technical modalities regarding the CTS when we arrive under the deadline of March 31 for the state of emergency, but the government will continue to have a close relationship with the scientific community. On the Cts there are no decisions taken but we will evaluate the technical modalities ».
The vaccine for children
“We must trust our scientists, the vaccine for children is not a political matter, and certain debates are only bad for the country.”
Psychological bonus
Another novelty announced by the minister concerns the Milleproroghe decree: “There will be a psychological bonus: it is the first sign”.
Places doubled in intensive
The minister also explained that “since the beginning of the pandemic, Italy has doubled the number of intensive beds”.