Enough of the daily data on infections, the virus has changed. Word of prof. Lopalco
“One might begin not to say how many positive swabs we have every day. In the winter season, the flu kills between 6,000 and 8,000 but we do not hear about daily flu cases on the news, ”said epidemiologist Lopalco among other things. While on the swabs there were surprise statements by Guido Rasi, consultant to Commissioner Figliuolo. All the details
“Record of infections? We could begin not to count them ”. The epidemiologist Pier Luigi Lopalco, professor of hygiene at the University of Salento and former health councilor of the Puglia Region (position left after disagreements with the president Michele Emiliano), expressed himself in this way today at Coffee Break , on La7, after the bulletin of yesterday. Over 170,000 new cases of coronavirus have been registered in Italy.
“One might begin not to say how many positive swabs we have every day. In the winter season, the flu kills between 6,000 and 8,000 but we do not hear about daily flu cases on the news, ”says Lopalco. "This is not a cold, mind you, but it is a situation to be managed with ordinary methods," said Lopalco referring to the increase in infections caused by the Omicron variant. "The rush to the tampon is unjustified".
“We have important scientific evidence, this virus prefers the upper airways and attacks the lungs less violently. It's a fact. But beware: it's not a cold, there can be pneumonia and multi-organ damage. This remains a virus that is unknown, be careful with the narration ”, concluded the epidemiologist.
The tampons case was addressed and investigated by Guido Rasi, doctor, former director of EMA, the European drug agency. With the Omicron variant set to become predominant, rapid antigenic swabs risk becoming useless. The new version of the Sars-CoV-2 virus seems to be able to escape the most frequently used diagnostic tests today ”, said Rasi, consultant to the commissioner for the Covid emergency Francesco Paolo Figliuolo. "Preliminary data indicate that about 40% of people positive for the Omicron variant can test negative on rapid tests, nearly 1 in 2."
Rasi added; "Now more than ever it is essential that healthcare professionals continue to keep up to date with the evolution of the virus and our knowledge in both the diagnostic and therapeutic fields."
The loss of reliability of rapid antigen tests could complicate the path of diagnostics and tracing, which are still fundamental tools to contain the pandemic. “I hope that updated and reliable rapid tests for omicron will be available soon, but in the meantime it is necessary to raise our guard”, remarks the former EMA director. “In this context, the role of healthcare professionals will be even more central in patient evaluation,” he adds .
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The bulletin with the covid numbers in Italy today, Wednesday 5 January 2022, data and news from the Civil Protection and the Ministry of Health – region by region – on coronavirus infections, hospitalizations and deaths in the country on the day characterized by the control room and then by the Council of Ministers for the launch of the new anti-covid measures. Here are the numbers from Lombardy and Campania, Tuscany and Lazio, Puglia and Sicily. The bulletin of the big cities like Milan, Rome and Naples, the point on the vaccination campaign and the third doses.
TUSCANY
There are 16,957 coronavirus infections in Tuscany today, 5 January 2022, according to numbers and covid data from the region's bulletin anticipated by Governor Eugenio Giani on Telegram. 11 other deaths reported. “The new cases registered in Tuscany are 16,957 out of 67,310 tests, of which 21,680 molecular swabs and 45,630 rapid tests. The rate of new positives is 25.19% (74.6% on the first diagnoses) ”, Giani writes, adding that the vaccines currently administered in Tuscany are 7,288,092.
New cases are 4% more than the previous day's total. The healed grew by 0.9% and reached 305,006 (68.4% of total cases). The currently positive are 133,132 today, + 11.8% compared to yesterday. The hospitalized are 961 (54 more than yesterday), of which 90 in intensive care (5 more).
VENETO
There are 16,871 coronavirus infections in Veneto today, 5 January 2022, according to numbers and covid data from the region's bulletin. Another 28 deaths registered. Covid patients in hospital admitted to non-critical areas are 1,395 (+29), while people in intensive care are 211 (+2).
BASILICATA
There are 943 new coronavirus infections in Basilicata according to today's bulletin, January 5. On the other hand, there are no new deaths. 872 cases involving residents, 2,889 the total of molecular swabs carried out in the last 24 hours. The Lucanians recovered or negativized are 126. The hospitalized for Covid-19 are 74 (+1) of which 3 in intensive care: 37 (of which 1 in TI) in the hospital of Potenza; 37 (of which 2 in TI) in that of Matera.
Overall, the current positives residing in Basilicata are 7,305. For the vaccination, 7,507 administrations were carried out yesterday, of which about 6,800 are third doses. So far, 446,988 Lucanians have received the first dose of the vaccine (80.8 percent of the total population residing in Basilicata), 413,801 have received the second (74.8 percent) and 176,042 are the third doses (31.8 percent). , for a total of 1,036,831 administrations carried out.
PUGLIA
There are 5,514 new coronavirus infections today 5 January in Puglia, according to data from the latest covid-19 bulletin. there are no deaths. The new cases, identified through 71,121 swabs, are distributed as follows by province: Bari: 1,850; Bat: 535; Brindisi: 564; Foggia: 554; Lecce: 933; Taranto: 949; Residents outside the region: 103; Province in definition: 26. 41,162 people are currently positive, 364 are hospitalized in a non-critical area, 38 in intensive care. Overall data: 328,360 total cases, 6,042,681 swabs performed, 280,205 people healed, 6,993 people dead.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/sanita/basta-con-i-dati-giornalieri-sui-contagi-il-virus-e-cambiato-parola-del-prof-lopalco/ on Wed, 05 Jan 2022 13:51:59 +0000.