The risk of death of unvaccinated people over 80 years of age is 56 times higher than for such people after the third dose of the vaccine, according to the Italian Institute of Healthcare in a new report on monitoring the COVID-19 epidemic. There was also a very low rate of reinfection.
The report notes that in December, the proportion of unvaccinated seniors hospitalized was 8 times higher than those who were vaccinated and 41 times higher than those taking the third dose.
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The research also shows that from the end of August to the end of December, about 15 cases of re-infection with the coronavirus were registered in Italy. They constitute 1,4 percent. all infections. As noted, the likelihood of reinfection is higher among unvaccinated people.
The head of the Medical Council, Professor Franco Locatelli, told La Repubblica on Sunday that there was now a huge increase in infections. Their daily number in recent days has exceeded 140.
“I would absolutely not share the opinion that the virus should be allowed to spread, even if the results of research by English scientists indicate that with the Omikron variant the number of hospitalized patients decreased to one third” – said an adviser to the Italian government. He noted that a significant increase in infections would have a serious impact on the health care system and would lead to an increase in the number of people who died and were admitted to hospitals.
Locatelli recalled that in Italy 1,3 million people over the age of 60 have not been vaccinated. “This is a group of compatriots who are taking a lot of risk today,” he warned. According to the scientist, the situation is “ripe” for the introduction of compulsory vaccination against COVID-19.
From Rome Sylwia Wysocka (PAP)
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