"I fear that the models that hypothesize 50 thousand cases after the Christmas holidays are plausible." Thus the virologist Fabrizio Pregliasco, medical director of the Galeazzi in Milan.
"Unfortunately, the Omicron variant has arrived in Italy - continues Pregliasco - and I fear that the models leading to 50 thousand cases after the Christmas holidays are likely. This may make it necessary to implement measures to be implemented progressively so as to avoid making heavy decisions in future. We need to plan interventions to be able to stem the spread as a buffer, Green Pass to work, stop the New Year's events, targeted lockdowns and curfews ".
In the face of all this, the vaccine "is a fundamental weapon", continues Pregliasco in an interview taken by news agencies. "It is a cornerstone - he explains - that saves us from heavier effects, but the spread in the virus, in children, in the recovered or in people who have taken the second dose now some time ago could lead to adopting common sense measures to be able to live with the virus ".
Pregliasco also commented on the possibility of a reduction in the duration of the Green Pass from 9 to 5 months: "This is one of the many crackdowns that we must evaluate as an option. Maybe we will need to do other vaccinations for the most vulnerable".
(Unioneonline / vl)
