February 12th, local time, the Italian Ministry of Health and the Institutes of Advanced Health jointly held an pandemic briefing to analyze recent monitoring data.
At the meeting, Brusafero, president of the Italian Institute of Higher Health, said that the pandemic situation in the country is temporarily easing, but it is necessary to be vigilant against more transmittable variant viruses.
The surveillance report pointed out that the pressure on Italian medical institutions decreased, and the incidence of COVID-19 fell to 269.79 cases per 100,000 residents in the two weeks from January 25 to February 7.
Screening results on the 3rd and 4th of this month show that 17.8% of Italy’s COVID-19 cases are related to variant viruses found in the UK.
