Coronavirus: Ricciardi: There is a risk of a pandemic but does not have to be afraid

This is NOT the plague, but a disease not to be underestimated. And the coronavirus could turn into a pandemic. He is convinced Walter Ricciardi , adviser to the world health organization and consultant to the minister of Health for the coronavirus, The moody blues, on Rai Radio2. "In Italy, 60% of people exceed without having serious problems. 40% requires a health care. The 10 or 15% has quite serious issues that require intensive or sub-intensive care unit. But the disease can be overcome, even in very serious conditions. But it is better to avoid it. And to avoid it you need to stay at home. Move only those who have reasons to do so. Who should guarantee essential services is permitted to move, but the other must be limited. It is the only thing that can serve," explains Ricciardi. "Possible pandemic" Ricciardi has spoken about the real threat of a pandemic: "we don't have to scare you. Pandemic means that an infection may be localized in a few places is present at the same time all over the world. It is not the apocalypse, is the signal that we have to move to another phase. It means that we can no longer contain, but that we need to mitigate it, to retard the effects. Take actions necessary to try to mitigate, for example, pressure on healthcare systems. The pandemic is close to you, you hereby exceeded the six levels, we are at the fifth".

he then remembered that the hot weather might have a positive influence on the problem, but it is a help mild. "During the winter people are indoors, while the summer tends to be in the open air and the distance. And then the heat is the enemy of respiratory viruses, that are lodged primarily in the nose and they are friends of the colder temperatures. But the heat will not be the resolution. We need to change our behaviour".