Florence, 10 February 2021 – The governor of the Tuscany Eugenio Giani, as usual, anticipated today’s data from the Tuscan Covid bulletin. So the new cases registered in the last 24 hours are 671 on 20,046 tests of which 13,043 molecular swabs and 7,003 rapid tests. The rate of new positives is 3.35% (7,1% on the first diagnoses). “Meanwhile in Tuscany the fear of slide towards orange. On the other hand, the possibility of crossing the critical threshold of value 1 in RT (the average contagion index used as a parameter for the color variation) had been announced for some time, given that already last week the permanence of Tuscany in yellow was occurred thanks to a minimum deviation, with an index of 0.98. Since then, the data analyzed by the Regional Health Agency have shown “a slight but widespread upward trend”. Enough to make concrete the possibility of a passage in the orange zone from Sunday.
Meanwhile, the bet is now on vaccines. The vaccination campaign with doses will start on Thursday 11 February, instead of Sunday 14 February Astrazeneca in Tuscany. The advance of the administration is made possible by the early arrival of 15,400 doses of the Astrazeneca anti-Covid vaccine expected, underlines the Region, for today.
Reservations on the regional portal will be open from Tuesday 9 February, 6pm. This first window will last until Sunday 14 February. On Thursday, Friday and Saturday, vaccinations will take place from 2.30pm to 6.30pm, while on Sunday from 9am to 1pm. For these first four days, some of the vaccination points provided throughout the region will be opened, among which you can choose when booking. The categories that can be booked are: school and university staff, teachers and non-teachers, armed forces and police. Meanwhile, the local health authorities make it known that they have set up the first facilities for vaccination.
Among the large hubs ready for administration are the Mandela Forum in Florence, a pavilion at Arezzo Fiere, the multiplex cinema in Grosseto, the PalaGiannelli in viale Sclavo in Siena. The Massa Centro district, the Casa della Salute in Aulla, the Cittadella della Salute Campo di Marte in Lucca, the district of via Garibaldi (Pisa), the district East Livorno and the Cecina hospital. The next supplies of the vaccine are also expected for today, concludes the Region Pfizer-Biontech, with which the vaccination of health, social and health workers and staff of the rsa proceeds, while the one for the guests is concluded. For all operators who have already pre-registered, the agendas will be reopened today at 2 pm.
Regarding the data of the Covid in Tuscany, the focus is on rate of positivity: in six days it doubled, going from 6.4% on February 3 to 12.1% yesterday, with a marked increase in hospitalizations.
Covid, the bulletin of 9 February
Covid Toscana, The bulletin of 8 February
The positivity rate in Tuscany, day by day
Giani: It’s not a competition, the vaccine will be there for everyone “
The president of the Tuscany Region reassures the citizens HERE THE ARTICLE
Cases increase by over 500 in one week
“This week – says the president of the regional council Antonio Mazzeto – there have been 4,162 cases, a significant increase compared to 3,597 last week and 3,007 two weeks ago. There weren’t that many cases from the week of November 30-December 6. The percentage of positive swabs also increased, from 3.1% two weeks ago to 4.04% in the last 7 days. There have been cases this week in 214 Tuscan municipalities“.
Red zone closed: mass screening starts
Mass screening starts on Monday morning for the city of Chiusi, in the province of Siena, on the border with Umbria, which has become a red zone after a peak in infections with the presence of a Brazilian variant.
Phase two of the vaccine anticipated
Vaccination for teachers and law enforcement between 18 and 55 is anticipated. It will already be possible to book this afternoon. READ THE ARTICLE
Vaccine for health workers, reservations are reopened
The agendas to book the. Will reopen on Tuesday 9 February, starting at 2 pm Covid vaccine for all health and social health professionals who have already pre-signed up. The availability of places will be subject to the timing and quantity of vaccine doses that will actually be provided. From the start of the campaign at 12 noon today, a total of 150,233 doses of vaccine have been administered, of which 21,948 in rsa.
