9.51 am – Mantovani: Mortality remains high in intensive care
I want to remember one important thing: people in intensive care for Covid in Lombardy today have an average age 10 years lower than what we had in the March storm, that is, around 60 years. But mortality continues to remain high. This was underlined by Alberto Mantovani, scientific director of the Humanitas Clinical Institute of Rozzano (Milan) and professor at Humanitas University, Open on Rai3. Thanks to the work we have done and continue, we diagnose earlier, we treat earlier and therefore fewer people arrive in intensive care. And anyway we are ready, assures Mantovani (here the map of the places in intensive care, region by region).
.937 – In Japan, 90 thousand cases have been exceeded
There are over 90 thousand cases of Covid-19 registered in Japan since the beginning of the epidemic. The local health authorities reported this. In the last 24 hours, another 437 infections have been confirmed, 136 of which in Tokyo, the area of the country most affected by Covid with over 27 thousand cases. In the data released by the Japanese government, the approx 700 infections on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship, quarantined for several weeks last February.
9.27 am – Alarm in Paris, over 17% of positive tests
17% of the tests in Ile-de-France, the Paris region, are positive. a fact that we had never achieved. Thus the director of ARS, the regional health agency, Aurlien Rousseau, a RMC-BFM-TV. Today, in Paris, among people aged between 20 and 30, we have over 800 positive cases out of 100 thousand, the alert threshold is fifty. These figures are rising very rapidly among the elderly. This means that there is a transition between generations and this is our greatest concern, he clarified (here the map of the contagion in the world).
9.17 – Premier France: Don’t give up, avoid lockdown
Faced with the strong resurgence of the coronavirus, the French Prime Minister, Jean Castex, launches a strong appeal to the French not to throw in the towel in the fight against coronavirus. You can’t give up, he told the microphones of France Info, announcing a new version of the StopCovid application, the French equivalent of Immuni, for October 22. It was precisely the French premier, last November, who was criticized for publicly acknowledging that he had never downloaded the first version of the app. The reality – he warned – is the second wave here among us. And you can’t give up. The premier then stressed that a generalized lockdown must be avoided by all means.
9.09 am – Government-local authorities control room on the new Dpcm at 5.30 pm
according to what is known, the control room between the government and the Regions, Anci and Upi on anti-Covid measures in view of the new Dpcm has been convened today.
8.50 am – Waiting for Johnson’s announcement on 3-level restrictions British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will chair an emergency committee meeting today to establish final interventions related to the pandemic. He will then announce the findings to the House of Commons and then hold a press conference in Downing Street. expected the announcement of new restrictions with which to limit infections, in a three-level local lockdown plan: medium, high and very high. In the first, the rules of gatherings of up to six people will be applied, curfew at 10 pm to the premises, use of spacing and masks; in the second, bans on home visits and socializing indoors with other families in bars or restaurants; in the third, the closure of bars and restaurants, gyms, betting shops and more.
8.44 – War (WHO): Real and complete danger, the mask helps a lot. We will harm the virus with vaccine and innovative therapies
We are no longer facing a risk, we are facing a true and complete danger. Cos Ranieri Guerra, WHO Deputy Director and member of the Scientific Technical Committee, to the microphones of Radio Capital. The mask can help a lot if it is worn by everyone and correctly. When you meet face to face and both wear it, protection is elevated. If either of them is not wearing it, there is a quantum less protection. If no one wears it, there is no protection and the contagion happens with a certain ease, he clarified.Will we be able to harm the coronavirus? We will hurt them by continuing with the distancing measures that are fundamental, with the vaccine and with innovative therapies.
8.15 am – Positive the president of Polynesia: on Thursday he was with Macron Three days after a meeting with Emmanuel Macron in Paris, the president of French Polynesia Edouard Fritch tested positive for Covid, on his return to Tahiti: his communication service announced in a note. His partner, who traveled with him, also underwent the test but tested negative. Edouard Fritch, 68, met with President Macron on Thursday, and left the next day. On Saturday night he underwent the test because he had a little fever and joint pain. During his stay in Paris a week earlier, Fritch also met with Prime Minister Jean Castex, Overseas Minister Se’bastien Lecornu, and, on Monday 5 October, Interior Minister Grald Darmanin.
7.53 am – In Germany 2,467 new cases and 6 deaths
2,467 new cases of coronavirus have been reported in Germany and 6 deaths, according to the latest data communicated by the Robert Koch Institut. The total number of infected people amounts to 325,331, while the deaths are 9,621 since the beginning of the pandemic.
7.42 am- The virus can survive up to 28 days on surfaces
Scholars from Csiro, the Australian government agency responsible for scientific research, found that Sars-CoV-2 can survive up to 28 days on common surfaces including banknotes and glass, such as found on cell phone screens. and stainless steel. The research was conducted byAustralian center for disease preparedness (ACDP) a Geelong.
7.38 am – In China rapid tests for 9 million citizens of Qingdao
The city of Qingdao, Shandong Province, China, has started a free rapid test program for all residents – around nine million people – after new Covid cases have been linked to a city hospital, the Qingdao Pulmonary Hospital. He gives the news China Daily. The local health authority said city-wide tests are expected to be completed in five days.
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