Covid, Ministry of Health: 8 Regions pass into the white zone
Emilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Liguria, Molise, Puglia, Sicily, Tuscany and Valle D’Aosta. These are the 8 Regions that pass into the white area, following an ordinance produced by the Ministry of Health. The decision came in the light of the most recent data from the control room. The color change, from the yellow to the white […]
Covid, new drugs on the way by mid-year: the point in Nature
Given the numerous experimental studies carried out in recent months, at a global level, it is possible that within the first half of the year new anti-Covid drugs will be available, also intended for the treatment of less serious infections. To take stock of the situation, in an in-depth study published in the journal “Nature”, […]
Covid, ISS monitoring: all Regions and PAs at low risk
The descent of the epidemic curve linked to Covid-19 continues in our country, so much so that all the Italian Regions and Autonomous Provinces are currently classified as low risk. This was highlighted by the usual weekly monitoring, coordinated by the Ministry of Health and the Istituto Superiore di Sanità, according to which there are […]
Covid, cause of bilateral pneumonia discovered
Thanks to the research work conducted by a team of Italian scholars, which lasted almost two years, it was possible to reconstruct the mechanism that causes bilateral pneumonia from Covid-19. In particular, according to what emerged from the study coordinated by Saverio Cinti, expert from the Polytechnic University of Marche, in collaboration with colleagues from […]
The ‘sister’ of Omicron is now also in Italy, it is called BA.2 – Biotech
The sub-variant of the Omicron called BA.2: it is just as fast in spreading, but it is not yet clear whether it is less aggressive.It is not the only sister of Omicron: there are also BA.1 e BA.3, as the large databases that store sequences of the SarsCoV2 virus indicate, such as NextStrain e Gisaid, […]
Covid, second generation vaccines: WHO hopes for nasal sprays and pills
Second generation vaccines which could include nasal sprays or pills and which would have the advantage of being easier to use than needle injections, so that they can also be self-administered. They are the ones who wished to have soon available one of the scientists of the World Health Organization (WHO), Soumya Swaminathan, who in […]
Covid, Pregliasco: “Extension of the state of emergency is necessary. Possible red micro-zones’
“The extension linked to the state of emergency”, beyond the natural deadline already set for 31 December, “is needed to allow flexibility” in the management of the Covid-19 pandemic. This was underlined by the virologist Fabrizio Pregliasco, a professor at the University of Milan, in an interview granted to Adnkronos Salute. “We have to imagine […]
‘Towards the extension in the coming months of the third dose to the over 50s’
Third dose of Covid vaccine? “It is reasonable to think of an extension of the audience”, therefore, “by the end of the year it will be possible to reach the age of 50”, although now it is time for “an appeal that we must make to all those citizens for whom it is already foreseen […]
Covid, how to book the third dose of vaccine region by region
The third dose “is likely to be needed by everyone”. This was underlined by the Undersecretary of Health, Pierpaolo Sileri. Here then, for some Italian regions, all the access methods necessary for booking the additional dose of the anti-Covid vaccine “The third dose is likely to be necessary for everyone.” Undersecretary for Health Pierpaolo Sileri […]
Covid, Crisanti: “Third dose to everyone if we don’t want to end up like in GB”
“If the long-term goal is to block transmission and continue to have a life like this, without the worries that Britain has right now, it’s clear that the third dose must be given to everyone.” These are the words of Andrea Crisanti, director of the Microbiology department at the University of Padua, who spoke during […]
