In Sardinia, Covid cases are still on the rise.
On the island, infections are growing day by day ( yesterday 189 positive out of 2,745 people checked ), with an increase of 24.3% in new reports in the last week (Gimbe data).
It is true that the number of beds occupied by Covid patients in the hospital is below the saturation threshold: 4% in the medical area (you must not go beyond 15%) and 6% in intensive care (the risk is more than 10% ). However, epidemiologists warn, it is good not to think only on the data of hospitalizations and the lack of pressure on hospitals, because then there is a risk that the situation will go out of control even more in this particular period of the year, with the approach of the Christmas holidays and the arrival of intense cold.
So from yesterday in Cagliari it is mandatory to use a mask even outdoors, a prescription that could also be imposed in the rest of the island.
“Prudence and common sense - recommends Ferdinando Coghe, medical director of the Cagliari Aou and head of the analysis laboratory -. The infectious clusters recorded in recent days, in Sulcis for example, must make us reflect on the excessive lightness of behavior. You have to get vaccinated, be careful, put on a mask and avoid gatherings. Nobody likes spending Christmas indoors, right? And then it would be advisable to live everyday life normally respecting the rules and avoiding certain extravagances. It is about health, freedom, our future and that of others. So let's start by giving ourselves a gift: a more peaceful and serene Christmas ".
POLEMIC ON MASKS - Between those who say that "I did not know that the obligation would start already on the first weekend of December" and those who admit that "I did not know there was an obligation even outdoors", the Cagliari people appear divided on the first day of the day compulsory outdoor masks at certain times and in certain areas of the city (the center, the shopping streets, on weekends, holidays and days before holidays, on Saturdays and Sundays also at Poetto).
