This choice to harden the vaccine policy is needed to “reduce the pressure on hospitals” and “brake the curve of contaminations” in the peninsula.
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The Italian government has once again decided to tighten the screw, while the outbreak of CVIV-19 cases continues in the peninsula. From Tuesday 4 to Wednesday, January 5, Italy recorded more than 189,000 new infections due to the Omicron Variant of SARS-COV-2. If the speed of the contagion curve has fallen slightly in recent days, the rate of positivity, it continues to climb.
“We want to curb the curve of contaminations and encourage the Italians who are not yet vaccinated to do so,” Mario Draghi explained at the Council of Ministers meeting Wednesday night, stating that the new measures the Government. Abstract to implement “aim to maintain the proper functioning of hospitals and, at the same time, to keep schools and economic activities open”.
The most spectacular announcement of the new decree adopted Wednesday in the evening is the adoption of the immunization obligation for any person over the age of 50 residing on the Italian territory, whether active or unemployed. A measure that should extend at least until June 15th.
“Important charge for hospitals”
The goal is to act “especially on age classes that are most at risk of being hospitalized to reduce pressure on hospitals and save lives,” said the leader of the Italian government. In the peninsula, the oldest country of the European Union, 27 million Italians are more than 50 years old, nearly one inhabitant. The Government has not hidden that the new decree is also intended to put pressure on the still non-vaccinated categories: the antivax population that exceeded 50 years is estimated at 2.3 million.
This choice to still cure vaccine policy is needed, according to the Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza, who recalled that non-vaccinated persons accounted for two-thirds of patients in the country’s resuscitation services. Patients who “represent an important charge for our hospitals,” he insisted, considering that it was imperative to reduce it.
The hardening of the restrictions also passes through the extension of the “reinforced sanitary pass” (that the Italians have baptized “Super Green Pass”) on all workplaces, whether it is the private sector like the ‘public administration. This sesame, which must come into force on January 10, is granted only through the presentation of a complete vaccination scheme or a CVIV-19 cure certificate.
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