Two experts explain why the Corona epidemic is so severe in Italy
Italy has suddenly turned into the largest hotspot in Europe for the outbreak of the new Corona virus, with nearly 24,000 people infected and with a mortality rate close to two thousand. Two experts reveal the circumstances of what is going on?
Explaining the causes of the severity of the Corona virus pandemic in his country, Massimo Ghali, professor of infectious diseases at the University of Milan and head of the department of infectious diseases at the SACO Hospital, says: “It can be said, based on epidemiological data, that the virus began to spread in Italy in late January, and it spread Widespread in the so-called red zone. "
This expert considered that who described him as a zero-patient who was not detected at the time "had no reason to believe he was infected. The virus penetrated until all the first wave infections that were nominated for exacerbation, which were out of the national health institutions view," appeared.
The academic and medical expert likened the circumstances of the outbreak of Corona virus infection in Italy to monitoring a fire that hit the basement in a building by chance, indicating that Italian doctors should not be blamed, because such a situation could arise in any other country.
He stressed that in the first weeks before the first outbreak of infection, "there were indeed many seriously ill patients in hospitals in the Red Zone, and their diseases were attributable to complications from seasonal diseases, but perhaps the cause was the SARS virus."
The Italian doctor warned that "if we do not follow the protective rules well, we will pay a very high price. It is time to be careful and disciplined, and avoid rebellious behavior and individual decisions that could put you at great risk, only in this way can the epidemic be contained, contained and controlled." .
As for Paolo Bonnani, Professor of Public Health at the University of Florence, it is monitored that "At the present time, we do not know why infection peaked in Italy, we were unable to determine the stages of infection infection, because the cases associated with respiratory symptoms that were tracked in the early days Not recorded. "
Source: Italian media
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