Sileri: "The peak of infections has been reached, ready for a relaxation of the rules"
The color system? “Fundamental for pandemic control”. The bulletin? “It remains, but to be communicated in the best possible way”. On self-testing: "It could be the future"
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"Omicron runs more but is less severe in the vaccinated population. We are likely to have peaked and will soon see a decrease in cases" and this will allow us to review the measures. These are the words of the Undersecretary of Health, Pierpaolo Sileri.
"We must take what we do" with measures to reduce the risk of infections "not as something fixed and infinite, but modulated according to the situation that poses a virus", he then specified speaking to "Radio too", on Rai Radio1. For this reason "all the rules that we are setting, in a relatively short time, can be changed again to loosen the grip".
NO TO COLOR REMODULATION - Within a few days or a few weeks we will return to a situation in which yellow will disappear, Sileri pointed out, so there will be no need for a remodeling "of the color system for the Regions," given the 'trend of the virus with the reduction of hospitalizations ".
For Sileri, the color system "is essential to leave it in case a new, worse variant of Omicron may arrive", although "I doubt it because Omicron is an intermediate step towards something more manageable that we can live with".
GREEN PASS AND ACTIVITIES - As for the Dpcm with the list of activities and businesses where the Green Pass will not be required, according to the undersecretary, it should arrive between today and tomorrow. The list, said Sileri, "is almost ready. Everything starts on February 1. Not only will the list be made known, but the goodness of what we are doing to convince people who are still undecided will be further explained".
THE BULLETIN - "The bulletin remains, at the moment nothing changes, it is how the data is presented that makes the difference and here communication and the media must help us", Sileri clarified. "Today - explained the undersecretary - the number of infections, which obviously must be reported, is not as important as going to see the number of hospitalizations and hospitalizations in intensive care". "Then it is clear that we must give better data, but it is equally true that better communication must be made on those data", because "if the bulletin shows 200 thousand infections, it is about 200 thousand positive, but not 200 thousand sick".
DO-IT-YOURSELF TEST - As for self-control tests, according to Sileri they could "be the future, but I would be cautious with this." beginning and end of isolation in case of positivity could be adopted, but emphasizes some risks.
"Testing is time dependent, operator dependent and also virus dependent, so you need to be careful of the negativity margin of home testing," he said with reference to the possibility of false negatives.
(Unioneonline / vl)
