Covid masks, who should use them and where: Advice from Galle, Gismondo, Bassetti

Health Minister Speranza has signed a decree extending the obligation to wear masks in hospital and the RSA until October 31. As for buses, trains and metro, from tomorrow it will not be superfluous to use them. Meanwhile, coronavirus infections have increased in Italy with the virus infection rate rising in the past week. What is the best way to act? Which is better to wear anyway and where? From Bassetti to Gismondo and Faya, this is what the experts think.

Bassetti

“Keep mask adherence in hospital and at RSA to allow access for all visitors. Stop for tampons, green aisle, fever meter and various forms to let them in.” This was confirmed by infectious disease specialist Matteo Bassetti on Twitter, praising the decree signed by the Minister of Health to extend the obligation of masks in health facilities until October 31.

Gismundo

“In crowded environments, it is better for the elderly and vulnerable to wear masks” as a voluntary measure of personal protection against Covid-19 and other winter viruses, including influenza, which is expected to get worse this year. Maria Rita Gismondo, director of the Laboratory for Clinical Microbiology, Virology and Virology Emergency Diagnostics at Sacco Hospital in Milan, confirmed this to the Adnkronos Salute.

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“No need to worry, Italians are ready to take off their masks. The Director-General of the World Health Organization said we are at the tail end of the epidemic. Citizens will be responsible.” This is how the general manager of Inmi Spallanzani in Rome, Francesco Vaia, guest of ‘Uno Mattina’ on Rai1, answered the question whether Italians are ready to remove masks on transport from October 1.

Ricciardi

“The use of masks in closed and crowded areas frequented by vulnerable people should be mandatory until the epidemic is over, in order to protect patients and staff. In England, where 200,000 health workers have been removed for a year. They have long Covid,” says Walter Ricciardi, professor of hygiene at The Catholic University of Rome, in a tweet.

Minelli

“If we were to determine which of all the restrictive measures of the anti-Covid sample in the past two and a half years were the least sanctioned for us from a social point of view, it would be automatic to consider the mask. Health supports that have been shown to be beneficial and tolerable at the most critical moment. Continuing can be Carrying it in your pocket and using it when needed, in particularly crowded public places, in transportation or in health facilities, is a personal choice that we can now also remove from the disciplinary mechanisms of this or that government action.”, highlights immunologist Mauro Minnelli, President of the Foundation for Personalized Medicine. To southern Italy, to Adnkronos Salute. “In short, we can’t go on with the festival ‘Here yes, here no.’ Let’s say once and for all that the mask helps, defends and protects, which is a good ally and should be considered as such,” notes the immunologist.

Signorelli

“The virus does not look to political decisions. In recent months we have learned that self-protection is important. It is especially so at the point where the infection curve is rising. Commitment must be a conscious habit in the stages of the viral cycle, not only for Covid, but for pathogens as well. other”. Carlo Signorelli, professor of hygiene at Vita-Salute San Raffaele University in Milan, told Adnkronos Salute about stopping the obligation to wear masks on public transport starting tomorrow, and the decision to extend only for sanitation and Rsa.

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“There is no doubt that it is useful to keep masks in hospitals and RSAs. It seems to me that wearing them to visit a relative is the minimum necessary.” Massimo Galli, former director of the infectious diseases department at Sacco Hospital in Milan, told Adnkronos Salute.

“We are in a transition phase, where the infection is starting to increase. And being careful is always the best approach. The problem – the infectious disease specialist emphasized – is understanding whether it is really wise to dispose in places like mask transportation, also because using public transport is not always an option Free, like going to the cinema or the theatre, but a necessary option.And for the vulnerable, these spaces, with no further containment measures, still represent a danger.In any case, people directly affected will have to be careful and continue to use the mask”.