At the moment the RT number in Italy is 1.1, with regional dfferences, due to the rise in cases. Once the number exceeds the value of 1 at the national level, the country is considered to be “on guard”.
Up to 40 percent of cases “were imported by fellow citizens who had returned from travel abroad,” or to Italy's foreign residents returning from elsewhere, said Franco Locatelli, President of Italy's Higher Health Council and a member of the government's technical scientific committee (CTS).
Meanwhile Locatelli said “cases imported by migrants, understood as being desperate people who flee, are minimal.”
“No more than 3-5 percent are positive, and some become infected in reception centres where it is more difficult to maintain adequate health measures.”
This is a very good article — clear, with data and not overly dramatic. Thank you.
A very useful and clear account. Thank you!
Thank you for including info on hospitalizations since the number of cases without showing the hospitalizations isn’t useful.