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Outdoor mask, from mid-July possible stop

The outdoor mask could become a memory as early as July, perhaps from the middle of the month. The hypothesis is being examined by the Prime Minister Mario Draghi and is also considered realistic by the Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza. Italy could follow the example of other countries: in France the outdoor mask is no longer worn from today, in Germany for three days. In Spain it will happen shortly.

In any case, it will still be necessary bring the mask with you, to wear it promptly where there are gatherings (and therefore where it is not possible to maintain the correct social distance).

“It will be like with eyeglasses to read closely that you always carry in your pocket.” And again: «All the studies tell us that in an epidemiological situation under control as in Italy the possibility of contagion outdoors with half of the population vaccinated with at least the first dose is almost nil. But we must not forget that the mask will remain an accessory to always carry with us because in certain situations, in line at the ice cream parlor or at the stadium, in order not to take risks we will have to be ready to wear it ».

Meanwhile, for the first time since the beginning of the second wave, the number of seriously ill patients has fallen below 500. The credit goes to the vaccination campaign: 27% of Italians aged 12 and over also received the second dose. The seriously ill are “long-term inpatients or unvaccinated people”, as explained to theAnsa Francesco Dentali, director of the Department of Internal Medicine at the Circolo di Varese hospital. “We take care of them, they realize for themselves that they have made a mistake and they regret not having protected themselves ».

“People in intensive care, today in Lombardy, are on average 61-62 years old,” he explained to al Courier service Roberto Fumagalli, director of the Anesthesia and Resuscitation Department of the Niguarda Hospital in Milan. «I would say that thanks to vaccinations we have protected the age group. In fact, the age of admissions for Covid has dropped: the identikit is between 55 and 70 years old. However the severe forms, albeit few, are always the same and frightening. Certainly we doctors have become better at treating them, even in the absence of specific drugs ».

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