COVID- 19 hospitalizations have been
halved recently compared to previous waves of the virus, health
group GIMBE said Monday.
"We saved the summer tourist season thanks to vaccinations,"
said GIMBE Foundation President Nino Cartabellotta.
"The percentage of hospitalizations is very much lower than the
number of cases in the previous waves, it is around half," he
told Radio Cusano Campus.
The differences at a regional level depends on the percentage of
over 50s who have not been vaccinated in each regions,
percentages that vary strongly, he said.
Some 3.5 million of over 50s have not yet been vaccinated and
this could spell "a higher number of hospitalizations and fresh
lockdowns", Cartabellotta said.
Looking ahead to the coming months, he said, the greatest
concerns were the emergence of new variants and the potential
drip in vaccine cover.
Italy aims to get 80% of its over 12 population jabbed by the
end of next month.
COVID Commissioner Francesco Figliuolo said last week the
vaccine rollout was on target to do that.
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