
Ambulance, ItalyROME, Jan 24The wave of coronavirus associated with the Omicron strain has plateaued in Italy and is on the decline, General Francesco Filiuolo, Commissioner for the COVID-19 Emergency, said on Monday. in terms of omicron, it's going down,» Tgcom24 news channel quoted him as saying. Filiuolo, who visited a major vaccination center in Milan on Monday, expressed hope that the current wave of COVID-19 could now subside quickly. . If this leads to the transformation of the disease into an endemic infection, we will all be satisfied, but now everything possible must be done to vaccinate children and distribute booster doses, the Commissioner pointed out. it will be good,» Figliuolo said.January 20, 20:22 Infographic Comparison of the effectiveness of Sputnik V and Pfizer vaccines against the omicron strain Infographic View “This allowed us to build a good barrier against the omicron variant,” he said. Filiuolo said that there are now 25 people in the intensive care unit of a large covid hospital created on the basis of the Milan Fair, and all of them have not been vaccinated against coronavirus. “I think that our fellow citizens who are still hesitating will understand my message. This is really very important,» the commissioner emphasized. According to the Higher Institute of Health (ISS), the risk of being admitted to intensive care units for unvaccinated citizens is now 21 times higher. In addition, the number of deaths due to COVID-19 among the unvaccinated is in Italy 52.9 per 100,000 people, while the rate for vaccinated citizens who received a booster dose is only 1.6. Thus, the risk of death for those who refuse to be vaccinated is 33 times higher.
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