February 27 According to the European Union News Agency quoted by the European Union News Agency, the Italian Ministry of Civil Defense reported 20,499 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 253 deaths in the country on the 26th. As of 18:00 on the 26th, there were 2,88,923 confirmed cases, 97,227 deaths and 2,387,032 cured cases nationwide.
According to the report, the latest weekly epidemic monitoring report released by the Italian National Health Center shows that the RT index exceeds 1 in 10 regions of the country, and the national average RT index is 0.99. The lowest value of the RT index is 0.93 and the highest value is 1.03.
In Palermo, Italy, people are vaccinated against the novel coronavirus in an orderly manner in hospitals. Image Source: ICphoto
According to the standards for epidemic prevention and control in the Ministry of Health, of the 10 regions with an RT index of more than 1, Basilicata region meets the red epidemic prevention and control; among the other nine regions, 5 regions are Abruzzo, Lombardy, Marche, Piedmont and Umbria are in line with orange epidemic prevention and control; the rest are yellow. Epidemic prevention and control.
According to the weekly report of the epidemic of the Italian National Health Institute, the infection rate in the country has increased significantly nationwide due to the spread of mutant novel coronavirus, and the average age of new confirmed cases has been reduced to 44. The number of infected people per 100,000 residents was 145.16, compared with 135.46 per 100,000 residents in the previous monitoring week.
On the 26th local time, Italy’s latest draft epidemic prevention decree has been sent to local governments, and the official decree may be finalized on March 1. According to sources, the Draghi government has chosen to continue the current epidemic prevention strategy, and the decree will be announced by March 4.
The main points of the new draft decree mainly include prohibiting travel across regions and autonomous provinces, except for necessary reasons. People in yellow and orange epidemic prevention and control areas are allowed to visit relatives and friends during non-curfew hours, but visiting activities are only allowed to be held once a day from 5 to 22:00 a day. The residence can accommodate up to two non-residents, and there is no restriction on children under the age of 14.
Gyms and swimming pools will continue to be closed, contact or group sports will be prohibited, and personal outdoor sports such as running and cycling are allowed. Cinemas, theaters open on March 27th, and museums can open on weekends.
The restaurant industry will not open the dinner service in the restaurant. The opening hours of catering stores in the yellow epidemic prevention and control area are still up to 18:00 every night, and the stores in the yellow and orange epidemic prevention and control areas are allowed to open.
The proportion of offline course time of high schools in Orange District Epidemic Prevention and Control Zone should be 50% to 75%, and primary to junior high school campuses are still open. All schools in the epidemic prevention and control area of the Red Zone conduct online courses.
