The number of people positive for
COVID-19 in Italy risks reaching two million due to the spread
of the Omicron variant, Nino Cartabellotta, the president of the
GIMBE medical foundation, said on Monday.
"The rise in new COVID cases with the Omicron variant does not
have a parallel rise in hospital admissions," Cartabellotta told
Radio Cusano Campus.
"But, with this growth rate in the number of new cases), we
still risk having hospitals overwhelmed because we could have
two million people positive (for the coronavirus)".
According to government figures, over one million people are
currently positive for COVID-19 in Italy.
Cartabellotta said the measures currently in place were
insufficient to combat the spread of the coronavirus.
"More remote working is needed to slow the circulation," he
said.
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