Italy is heading for a type 4
scenario in the COVID crisis, with a rapid worsening of the
situation, the Higher Health Institute (ISS) and the health
ministry said in their weekly monitoring bulletin Friday.
In certain regions, the report said, "the rate of transmission
is already compatible with a phase 4 situation".
Eleven regions are at high risk, and four regions - Calabria,
Emilia Romagna, Lombardy, and Piedmont - plus the autonomous
province of Bolzano are already in the phase 4 scenario, it
said.
Those at high risk are Abruzzo, Basilicata, Calabria, Liguria,
Lombardy, Piedmont, Puglia, Sicily, Tuscany, Valle d'Aosta and
Veneto.
The R rate of transmission of COVID rose to 1.70 in the week
between October 8 and 21, the report said.
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