Vaccinations night, task force to improve the supply of tampons, increase in the facilities in which to perform tests and more beds dedicated to Covid, mechanical ventilation in schools. These are some of the initiatives that the Regions are putting in place to deal with the new peak of infections linked to the variant Omicron.
Lazio: vaccines even at night
“There are still over 300 thousand citizens in Lazio without even a dose of vaccine. And this is a prairie for the spread of the Omicron variant. We will also vaccinate at night from December 30th»Announced the Lazio Regional Health Councilor Alessio D’Amato.
In Lombardy more buffer points
The queues for Covid tests continue, from Milan to Monza, to Bergamo, with lines lasting several hours. From Wednesday 29 December A new massive tampon center will be active in Gallarate, while eight new buffer lines have been added at the Trenno center in Milan and a new tampon center is being set up at Fiera Milano City which will be operational in the next few days. These are the first results of the work of the tamponi task force to identify any contagion from Covid, set up by the vice president and councilor for Welfare of the Lombardy Region Letizia Moratti. The task force led by Guido Grignaffini met on Monday 27 December providing the first urgent initiatives, such as the expansion of the number of buffer points.
Sicily towards the doubling of the principals for the tests
In Sicily, too, there are still long queues at drive-ins, in front of pharmacies and analysis laboratories, with hours waiting for a swab. The Sicilian regional councilor for health, Ruggero Razza, announced that the facilities in which to carry out tests will be doubled. An increase in services to be agreed with the order of biologists, to release doctors from the task and allocate them to home visits and vaccines.
Calabria increases the number of beds
The president of the Calabria Region Roberto Occhiuto announced the increase in “beds in the medical area dedicated to Covid: it goes from 974 to 1,042, with an increase of 68 beds”. Not only that: «We are considering transforming, on an exceptional basis and for a specific period of time, some hospitals into Covid hospitals: in the coming days there will be in-depth studies in this direction. At the same time, we are ready to reopen in a short time hospitals currently disused such as Covid hospital dedicated to non-intensive hospitalizations “. As for the problem of health personnel, the “provincial commissioners were involved in order to prepare specific notices to recruit young trainees ready to take up service in the shortest possible time, supported by colleagues with more experience, to deal with this emergency”.