The knot is untied quarantine. After the orientation of the Cts on the reduction of the times for the vaccinated with three doses the decision of the Council of Ministers arrives: stop the quarantine for those vaccinated with boosters or with two doses for less than four months, if asymptomatic, but use of the Ffp2 mask for 10 days and a swab on the fifth day in case of symptoms. For those who have performed the last vaccination for more than four months, the quarantine is reduced from 7 to 5 days, with a negative swab. Obviously, we are talking about those who have had close contact with a person who later tested positive and not symptomatic infected. No discount instead for the immense vaccinated who have come into contact with a positive: the quarantine remains for 10 days plus a negative swab or 14 days without.
Instead, the hypothesis of enhanced green certification for all workers, strongly desired by the majority and by the Regions, has been discarded. To veto the League. While the use of the super green pass (from January 10th to March 31st). also for trains, planes, ships, public and local transport as well as for hotels and accommodation facilities, celebrations following civil or religious ceremonies, festivals and fairs, ski resorts, swimming pools, wellness centers and catering services, including outdoors, conference centers , team sports, cultural centers, social and recreational centers for outdoor activities. Finally, there was also talk of the need to intervene to control the prices of Ffp2 bezels become mandatory for public transport, cinemas, theaters and events.
It is true that the Omicron variant it is spreading rapidly also in our country, but according to the data it seems to have shorter incubation times. With the increase in positives, the number of people who go into quarantine for having had contact with them increases accordingly (currently there are 2,5 million Italians in isolation). The fear is that in the next few weeks millions of Italians will end up in solitary confinement, with heavy economic repercussions in many productive sectors. For this reason, the governors have requested to eliminate or at least reduce the days of isolation for those who have had contacts, but also to eliminate the control buffer at the end of the isolation period and to intervene to control the prices of Ffp2 bezels become mandatory for public transport, cinemas, theaters and events.
A country that stops without refreshments, a tracing skipped together with the long queues in pharmacies and hubs set up for swabs is the specter with which the executive found itself to deal with which, however, did not solve the problem of clogging of swabs, given that every person in quarantine will still have to have a negative test to get out of it.
QUARANTINE: RULES FOR COVID POSITIVES
Le new measures they concern vaccinated people who have come into contact with a person who has tested positive for Covid, if asymptomatic: no more quarantine but we switch to self-surveillance (notify the doctor of any symptoms) and a swab with negative results is still necessary on the fifth day. While in case of positivity the “old rules” remain.
If the swab certifies the positivity to the virus, you will have to remain isolated at home for another 10 days. The next course will depend on whether or not you have symptoms. Self positive but asymptomatic, you can come out of isolation after 10 days and with a negative molecular swab. While if positive with symptoms, it will be possible to leave the quarantine 10 days after the symptoms appear and the molecular test certifying the negativity of the subject must be carried out after at least 3 days without symptoms.
If after these additional 10 days the swab still gives a positive result, the test can be repeated after 7 days and if the positivity continues (but there have been no symptoms for at least 7 days) the isolation period can be interrupted after 21 days.
But some Regions have already changed the rules at a local level, such as theUmbria , Toscana: in case of positivity of the rapid swab, the verification with the molecular swab will not have to be used and it will also be valid for establishing the end-of-quarantine criteria, respecting the days set by national provisions.
PRESSING ON HOSPITALS: WHO RISKS THE YELLOW ZONE
The increase in positives (over 98 thousand compared to even over a million swabs) and hospitalizations indicate only one path: we must run faster than the virus. However, there is good news from the latest data from General Figliuolo's commissioner structure, on Tuesday 28 December the peak of 619 doses administered was reached (of which 57 first doses and 34 in the 5-11 age group).
But in the meantime, the pressure on hospitals increases the number of Regions that risk color change, as they have exceeded all the critical thresholds for intensive care (10%) and ordinary wards (15%): Piedmont, Lazio, Tuscany, Calabria and Lombardy. These Regions could be added from Monday 3 January to the Province of Trento, Liguria, Bolzano, Veneto, Friuli Venezia Giulia which left the white area before Christmas, while the Marches are ever closer to orange.
The transition from white to yellow is only a formality for citizens, given that with the latest decree the government has canceled the last difference between the two areas, i.e. the obligation to wear a mask outdoors. While in orange zone travel is allowed only in the municipality of residence, only for reasons of health, work and proven need you can go out but presenting the self-certification.
WHAT HAPPENS IN THE REST OF THE WORLD
But not only in Italy, the worst in terms of new numbers of cases is the France with 208 thousand in 24 hours (against 180 thousand on Tuesday) and which introduces the green pass on the Italian model. Boom of infections also in the United Kingdom (near the 180 thousand ceiling) and the United States (just under 400 thousand due to the lack of tests available). On the day of records, the "gold medal" is won there Denmark where the new dominant variant recorded the highest rate of infections in the world: 1612 cases per 100 inhabitants. Black jersey not for everyone: it holds up Germany where the lockdown for the unvaccinated is in effect. But also the Belgium where the decree that closed cinemas and theaters was canceled.
But if the figures rise dramatically and many countries decide for new restrictions (such as Finland which closes the borders to no vaxes) in others it is decided to reduce quarantine and isolation. Over Usa asymptomatic positives will remain isolated for 5 days instead of 10, while no quarantine for those who have had contact with a positive but have taken the third dose. In Israel where the administration of the fourth dose has already begun, no quarantine for those who are vaccinated (three doses) and have had contact with a positive, but a molecular swab with negative results is enough. In Spain no quarantine for those who have completed the vaccination cycle (rule in force for a week already), while for people who tested positive for the coronavirus who are asymptomatic or have developed mild symptoms, the quarantine drops from 10 to 7 days. Easing also for non-vaxes who have been in contact with a positive: from 10 days to 7.
