Two households have been identified over the last few days in Rome intra muros, where the health authorities ensure that the situation is “under control”.
The health authorities, the Italian called this Friday to the “caution”, after having observed the last week of the “warning signals related to the transmission” of the Covid-19, especially in Rome, stating that “the circulation of the virus is still important”. “In some regions, a high number of new cases of infection Covid-19 continues to be reported”, notes in its latest weekly report for the week of 8 to 14 June, the higher Institute of health (ISS).
If the situation is “positive overall”, the ISS has observed, “some warning signals related to the transmission”. Lazio, region of Rome, is at the top of the ranking of the contagion this week, and has exceeded that of the Lombardy region (North), the epicenter of the epidemic in the country.
Reduce the risk of transmission
Two households have been identified over the last few days in Rome intra muros, where the health authorities ensure that the situation is “under control”: one in a building illegally occupied a working-class neighbourhood, the other in a hospital.”This should lead to caution as this indicates that in some parts of the country, the circulation of the virus is still important,” points this report.
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However, “on the whole, the general picture of the transmission and of the impact of infection with Sars-CoV-2 in Italy remains little critical (…)”. This “situation epidemiologically fluid requires strict adherence to the necessary measures to reduce the risk of transmission.”
The outbreak of a new coronavirus has been officially more than 34 500 deaths in Italy, since the first case identified in Codogno (Lombardy), the first case identified outside of China, where the disease has made its appearance in December 2019. Lombardy, and more generally the North of the peninsula, was then the epicenter of the epidemic in Italy and in Europe.
a Call to prudence, WHO
The disease seems to be now controlled by Italy, with on average, a few tens of deaths every day and a number of infections is reduced. This call for the health authorities Italian coincides with the alarm launched Wednesday by the world Health Organization (WHO) that the world has entered a “phase” dangerous ” to a measure that reopened the country that had put in place containment measures or restrictions to mobility.
“a Lot of people are obviously tired of staying home. The countries are eager to reopen their society and their economy”, said the head of the WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, during a virtual press conference. “But the virus continues to spread rapidly, it remains a deadly disease and most people remain exposed”, he added, specifying that the WHO had identified Thursday, more than 150,000 new cases, a record on a single day since the beginning of the epidemic.
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Nearly half of these cases were recorded on the american continent and the pandemic is also growing in south Asia and the Middle East. The cap of 450, 000 deaths (and more than 8.5 million cases) was crossed on Friday, according to official statistics collected by the AFP, but that experts believe is largely under-estimated.
