"From 15 June I believe we will remove the latest restrictive measures still in place. I am referring to the use of the mask indoors. I believe the conditions are in place". So the undersecretary of health, Andrea Costa , to the microphones of Radio, too on Radio1.

"The Government's goal is to create the conditions for coexistence with the virus; woe to think about the goal of zero contagion" he added, recalling that already today "in the workplace the Government has no longer introduced the obligation to wear masks. closed, so we have gone from an obligation to a recommendation ".

"Then in the workplace - the clarification - the individual companies, through shared protocols with the trade unions, agreed to continue the obligation to use the mask . However, in fact, we are no longer faced with a regulatory obligation" .

As for the next few months, "the most probable scenario is to get an annual booster of the vaccine" and "it is reasonable to think that in the autumn we will be able to have updated vaccines", explained Costa. Speaking of the emerging sub-variants of Covid-19 , in particular the BA.5 which in recent days has been creating concern in Europe, the undersecretary said: "Obviously the variants have always been and will be, the important thing is to continue to monitor what is happening and continue to trace. After that, we are confident that in the autumn we will have an updated vaccine also against variants ". In addition, Costa concluded, "research is continuing to work every day to enable us to have new tools to face the pandemic , not only from the point of view of vaccines but also of therapies ".

(Unioneonline / vl)