The north of the island is once again the epicenter of infections.
After the outbreak lit with the return of pilgrims from Medjugorje, Sassari and Gallura are grappling with another cluster that exploded upon the return of a group from Veneto.
A chain of infections also in Ogliastra, in Lanusei: three positive cases so far after a sewing course, while the report of thirty swabs is expected. In Tortolì a victim, a 95-year-old woman. Ats is on high alert throughout the region, but it is the post-Medjugorje outbreak that worries most.
The sequencing of the swabs, in progress in the laboratory of the Aou in Sassari, will tell if the variant is Delta or if, perhaps, Delta Plus has also arrived, according to some experts more contagious than the older sister. What may have happened? “In theory, apart from the measures that we are all required to comply with, Green pass and valid documents would be enough - says Tore Acca, regional president of Oftal, the association that accompanies the sick and disabled to Lourdes -. The point, however, is that unfortunately the risk can creep into the breaches of the law, and that is why those who want to participate in our pilgrimage must first of all be vaccinated ”.
CLOSE ON THE PASS - No green pass with rapid tests, which for the most part give wrong results. The squeeze on the Green pass is one of the measures being examined by the government to contain the growth of infections.
Walter Ricciardi himself, advisor to the Ministry of Health, underlines: “The antigenic swab has a 30% of false negatives and gives a false sense of security, especially with the Delta variant”. With him Donato Greco, epidemiologist and member of the CTS: “Antigenic tests are the weak link in the chain. Sooner or later we will have to think about abolishing them ”.
In the Sardinian capital, from May 15, a point has been set up inside the railway station, where it is possible to carry out antigen tests for free. Months before this high error rate was found. The initiative will end on December 31 and is likely not to be extended.
(Unioneonline)
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