Adnkronos (Adnkronos) – "We are facing a true measles emergency." In Liguria alone, "12 cases have been recorded in the last 20 days," with "four hospitalized here at the San Martino Polyclinic" in Genoa for "pulmonary, neurological, and liver complications." This is "an unprecedented epidemic outbreak in this region," but it reflects a more widespread problem: "We are only at the beginning of a very serious epidemic that will likely affect not only Liguria, but Italy as a whole."
Matteo Bassetti, director of the Infectious Diseases Clinic at the IRCCS San Martino, raised the alarm in a video on his social media profiles, at a time when the Ministry of Health raised its guard with a circular calling for strengthening surveillance systems and promoting targeted vaccination campaigns, in light of an increase in measles cases and hospitalizations, with a growth trend particularly evident in Campania, Calabria, Lazio and Tuscany.
The numbers "obviously draw attention to this disease, which is anything but a trivial one," warns Bassetti. "Measles is a serious disease, a very serious disease," he urges. "In general," the infectious disease specialist continues, "measles is circulating widely throughout the world. Why? Because people haven't been vaccinated. There are those born in the 80s and 90s who haven't been vaccinated, and unfortunately, there are many children who haven't been vaccinated, despite it being mandatory," the doctor observes.
“All this causes the virus to circulate, and circulate heavily.”
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