According to Walter Ricciardi, consultant to Minister Roberto Speranza, to beat the pandemic, "in addition to vaccinating everyone, the vast majority of Italians should be swabs and the infected should be isolated".
"It would come out in 8 days - he argues in an interview taken by news agencies - it is an operation that everyone says is impossible, but the Chinese for one case test 10 million people. With 200 thousand we could well test 60 million Italians ".
To date "we are going towards waves that follow one another". For the current one, Ricciardi explains, "perhaps, we are slowly moving towards the end. Let's hope that the wave ends in February". Then there will be, "if we do not loosen the measures too much, a discreet spring and an excellent summer and therefore a difficult autumn. We will enter a vicious circle if the Regions do not improve the tracking and testing system", warns the expert.
On the Green Pass "our country has done very well. Now two things need to be strengthened: vaccination for over 50s and children. It is necessary to administer it in schools, like Puglia which in fact has the best percentages".
Then "we need to focus on ventilation in schools", Ricciardi's conclusion.
(Unioneonline / vl)