Primo piano ANSA - ANSA.it: Ebola, in Italia obbligo di dichiarazione per chi proviene da Congo e Uganda
Ordinanza in Gazzetta Ufficiale e circolare applicativa del ministero della Salute
Ebola: Italy requires declaration for those arriving from Congo and Uganda.
Order in the Official Gazette and implementing circular of the Ministry of Health
#Italy #Congo #Uganda #theOfficialGazette #theMinistryofHealth
Today: Ebola, test negativo per la dottoressa italiana rientrata dal Congo
È risultato negativo il test per l'Ebola eseguito sulla dottoressa italiana di Medici Senza Frontiere rientrata nei giorni scorsi dalla Repubblica Democratica del Congo dopo essere entrata in contatto con pazienti risultati positivi al virus. Lo ha reso noto il ministero della Salute...
Ebola, negative test for the Italian doctor who returned from the Congo.
The Ebola test performed on the Italian doctor from Doctors Without Borders who returned recently from the Democratic Republic of Congo after contact with patients who tested positive for the virus came back negative. The Ministry of Health announced this…
#Italian #Congo #TheMinistryofHealth
https://www.today.it/attualita/ebola-test-negativo-dottoressa-italiana.html
Agi: Ebola, Meloni ai vertici dell'Ue: "Rafforzare la vigilanza alle frontiere"
AGI - In seguito all'epidemia di ebola nella Repubblica Democratica del Congo e in Uganda, il governo italiano chiede ai vertici dell'Unione europea di rafforzare la vigilanza alle frontiere attraverso regole comuni per la gestione degli arrivi dalle zone colpite da focolaio. Lo fa con una lettera inviata dalla premier Giorgia Meloni a Ursula von der Leyen, ad Antonio Costa, presidenti rispettivamente della Commissione europea e del Consiglio Ue e a Nikos Christodoulides, presidente di turno dell'Unione europea.
Palazzo Chigi: "Il focolaio di ebola in Africa centrale richiede la massima attenzione"
"L’Italia ritiene che la situazione epidemiologica nell'Africa centrale collegata al recente focolaio di virus Ebola Bundibugyo (BVD) nella Repubblica Democratica del Congo e in Uganda richieda la massima attenzione". E' quanto si legge in una nota di Palazzo Chigi.
Meloni all'Ue: "Rafforzare la vigilanza alle frontiere"
"Per questo motivo il Presidente del Consiglio, Giorgia Meloni, ha inviato una lettera al Presidente di turno dell'UE Nikos Christodoulides, al Presidente del Consiglio europeo António Costa e alla Presidente della Commissione europea Ursula von der Leyen. L'obiettivo - si spiega - è sollecitare, nel rispetto delle prerogative nazionali in materia di tutela della salute, un coordinamento rafforzato della vigilanza alle frontiere attraverso regole comuni per la gestione degli arrivi diretti e indiretti dalle zone colpite".
Meloni "ha proposto l'inserimento del tema della gestione delle frontiere all'ordine del giorno del Consiglio europeo del 18-19 giugno 2026", spiega sempre palazzo Chigi aggiungendo che "in vista di questo appuntamento, il Governo italiano ha chiesto di anticipare il coordinamento in oggetto in una videoconferenza dei Ministri della Salute già la prossima settimana e nel Consiglio EPSCO del 16 giugno per definire le priorità operative". A livello nazionale il Ministero della Salute, "in raccordo con la Protezione Civile, ha emanato circolari per attivare una sorveglianza sanitaria mirata e protocolli di vigilanza per i viaggiatori in rientro dalle regioni colpite".
Ebola, Meloni at the top of the EU: “Strengthen border surveillance”
The Italian government, following the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, is asking the leaders of the European Union to strengthen border surveillance through common rules for managing arrivals from affected areas. This was done through a letter sent by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to Ursula von der Leyen, Antonio Costa, respectively President of the European Commission and the Council of the EU, and Nikos Christodoulides, the current President of the European Union.
Chigi Palace: “The Ebola outbreak in Central Africa requires the utmost attention”
“Italy believes that the epidemiological situation in Central Africa related to the recent Ebola Bundibugyo Virus (BVD) outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda requires the utmost attention.” This is what reads from a note from Chigi Palace.
Meloni to the EU: "Strengthen Border Surveillance"
“For this reason, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni sent a letter to the current President of the EU Nikos Christodoulides, to the President of the European Council António Costa and to the President of the Commission Ursula von der Leyen. The objective – it explains – is to urge, respecting national prerogatives in matters of health protection, strengthened coordination of border surveillance through common rules for the management of direct and indirect arrivals from affected areas.”
Meloni “proposed the inclusion of the issue of border management on the agenda of the European Council on June 18-19, 2026,” always explains Chigi Palace, adding that “in anticipation of this meeting, the Italian Government has asked to advance the coordination in question in a videoconference of Health Ministers next week and in the EPSCO Council on June 16 to define operational priorities.” Nationally, the Ministry of Health, “in coordination with Civil Protection, has issued circulars to activate targeted health surveillance and vigilance protocols for travelers returning from affected regions.”
#Meloni #Italian #Uganda #theEuropeanUnion #GiorgiaMeloni #UrsulavonderLeyen #AntonioCosta #theCounciloftheEU #CentralAfrica #Italy #ChigiPalace #theEuropeanCouncil #AntónioCosta #HealthMinisters #theEPSCOCouncil #theMinistryofHealth #CivilProtection
Adnkronos - ultimoratop: "Sinner un grande, io fortunato": Cerundolo e l'impresa contro Jannik al Roland Garros
(Adnkronos) - "Ho capito che qualcosa non andava: mi stava battendo con facilità, ha iniziato ad avere fretta e non aveva motivo di cambiare tattica"
In Palermo, Aifa is launching “The Appropriateness Roadmap.”
PALERMO (ITALPRESS) – AIFA and ARS together with Palermo for the event “The Roadmap for Appropriateness: Precision Medicine between Innovation and Regional Practice”. An initiative of dialogue between the Agency and the regions, through two panels that allowed a review of the use of data and innovation in therapeutic decisions, as well as the common strategy that, at the regional level, can lead to the correct and sustainable use of the drug and its fair access. The proceedings were opened by the ARS President, Gaetano Galvagno, who brought the importance of the regional role to the attention of the audience in relation to the challenge of precision medicine: “In terms of healthcare, the virtuous means is appropriateness, a balance between ensuring access for citizens to the best treatments and the responsibility of preserving the national health system – Galvagno said –. Sicily is also called to the challenge of precision medicine and the need not to fall behind in the race for innovation, which must, however, be absolutely coordinated with dialogue at all levels.” “The institutional setting where this game is played for the future of Sicilians is also the regional assembly, called to translate national guidelines into regional laws regarding advanced pharmacotherapies,” he added. Giorgio Mulè, Vice-President of the Chamber of Deputies, also spoke, explaining how “medicine 5.0 is fundamental to solve a cultural problem present in this country, building a screening system that precedes the excellence of precision medicine.” “Either we have the capability to perform screenings, or precision medicine will not be enough, despite being a remarkable driver for national medicine. We can and must talk about all of this if we have the ability to build a screening system that precedes the excellence of precision medicine.” Robert Giovanni Nisticò, President of AIFA, also spoke, emphasizing the theme of innovation and the sustainability of the pharmaceutical system: “Pharmaceutical spending is growing, so we need to work on tools that can also refine control and prescriptions for our patients – he said. “Italy is a long-lived country, where many drugs are used, but where perhaps more prevention and attention to appropriate prescribing are needed.” The focus was on the theme of pharmacogenomics, i.e., the interaction with tools such as algorithms and data to ensure that patients are at the center of their complexity and uniqueness through the integration of data from basic sciences. “If we can bring these innovative tools more and more – he emphasized – we will be able to protect patient health and contain pharmaceutical spending.” On the innovation front, “AIFA must promote research so that those who produce drugs can do so in the best way. The use of artificial intelligence is a strong tool for the pharmaceutical industry, and AIFA must accompany this process and understand how it is used by our partners,” said Giovanni Pavesi, Administrative Director of AIFA. Finally, the intervention of Marcello Gemmato, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health, who reiterated the importance of sustainability in a system where “more and more impactful drugs are being introduced into commerce from an economic point of view, but which solve the symptomatic picture of even serious diseases.” “The collaboration between AIFA and the Regions – he continued – is fundamental, for this reason a series of scattered interlocutions have been imagined throughout the territory, from Lombardy to Sicily. An exercise of AIFA’s perception towards the regions but also towards the scientific and university community. All of this – Gemmato concluded – with the objective of caring for the citizen better, maintaining as a horizon the sustainability of our system as envisioned and outlined by the founding fathers of the Constitution in Article 32.
#Palermo #Agency #GaetanoGalvagno #Sicily #Sicilians #GiorgioMulè #Italy #GiovanniPavesi #MarcelloGemmato #theMinistryofHealth #Lombardy #Gemmato #Constitution #Article32
Domani: Roma Pride, è polemica: no degli organizzatori al carro delle associazioni ebraiche Lgbtqia+
Nel testo politico dell’edizione 2026 la condanna delle operazioni militari israeliane a Gaza e la denuncia dell’impatto sulla popolazione palestinese. In risposta, Keshet Italia e Keshet Europe (assenti nel 2024 e fischiate nel 2025) denunciano il rischio di un principio selettivo che «contraddice» la natura inclusiva del Pride
Italian surgeon exposed to Ebola in Congo, the woman is not presenting symptoms but will be transferred to Spallanzani.
After coming into contact with some patients later found to be positive for Ebola, an Italian surgeon serving at the health center in Salmat, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has been transferred to Italy.
The return, as communicated by the Ministry of Health, is taking place “in total safety.” The woman, a worker for Doctors Without Borders, will be monitored at Spallanzani in Rome, where she will undergo precautionary quarantine and all necessary diagnostic tests.
According to information leaked, the surgeon would not present symptoms attributable to the virus. The transfer was however ordered because, as part of her clinical activity, she had come into contact with some patients who were later infected with Ebola on May 16th.
Italian surgeon exposed to Ebola in Congo, the woman does not have symptoms but will be transferred to Spallanzani.
But that’s not all. Two days later, on May 18th, the doctor also performed an urgent life-saving surgery on a child injured in a grenade explosion. The child, however, already presented some symptoms compatible with the virus and had been classified as a “suspected Ebola case.”
The note issued by the Ministry of Health also specifies that there are currently no cases of Ebola in Italy and that the alert level, as reaffirmed by the World Health Organization (WHO), remains very low both in our country and throughout the European Union.
Read also: Ebola, alarm withdrawn for two suspected cases at Sacco. Bertolaso’s anger: “Alarmism was to be avoided”
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Adnkronos - ultimoratop: Previdenza, Oliveti (Adepp): "1,65 mln iscritti a casse, 130mila pensionati attivi"
(Adnkronos) - "Contribuiamo con le tasse (2,65 miliardi nel 2023) al bilancio dello Stato"
Ebola, a doctor returns to Italy after direct contact. “In quarantine at Spallanzani”
AGI - Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, contact with positive patients for the virus and the safe return to Italy for a surgeon. Then quarantine at Spallanzani in Rome. The Ministry of Health informs that activities are underway for the safe return of a female surgeon who operated at the health center in Salamat (Bunia-Ituri), in the Democratic Republic of Congo, during the current Ebola epidemic.
Ebola, Surgeon from Doctors Without Borders Returns to Italy
Authorization for return has been signed in Rome. The surgeon is a field operative for Doctors Without Borders. During her clinical activity, the surgeon came into contact with patients who later tested positive on May 16th. This is a case of direct contact.
The Doctor Will Be Taken to Spallanzani in Rome Today
The doctor also performed an urgent life-saving surgical procedure on a child victim of a grenade explosion on May 18th. The child is an Ebola suspect for which a test is still pending. The doctor is not showing symptoms at this time. The returning doctor will arrive in Rome today. She will be taken to Spallanzani in Rome for the necessary quarantine and active surveillance.
There Are No Ebola Cases in Italy
The Ministry of Health reminds that there are currently no Ebola cases in Italy and that the alarm is very low in our country. The Ministry is active from the first moment for all preparedness and surveillance activities and is continuing to monitor the evolution of the epidemiological picture in coordination with the territories and national and local health authorities.
The Farnesina: “€1.1 million for humanitarian aid”
To support the immediate humanitarian response to the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Italian cooperation has allocated a funding of 1,150,000 euros. A contribution decided by Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, who ordered the funding with an act signed by Vice Minister Edmondo Cirielli. The Farnesina reported this in a note.
The funding will be made available to Italian civil society organizations with an operational presence in the provinces affected of Ituri, North Kivu and South Kivu.
It involves immediate interventions to stop the transmission of Ebola, strengthen epidemiological surveillance, local health system response and the trust of communities in containment measures indicated by the World Health Organization.
Resources will focus on four priority areas identified by the United Nations agencies Ocha and Oms for the prevention and control of infections; epidemiological surveillance and contact tracing; immediate health assistance and community involvement.
Humanitarian Initiatives Already in Progress
This funding adds to two ongoing humanitarian initiatives funded by Italian Cooperation for a total value of 5.5 million euros for five projects carried out by civil society in the eastern provinces.
Direct Support to WHO
Italian Cooperation will also directly contribute with a support of 290 thousand euros to the crisis response action launched by the World Health Organization.
#Italy #Spallanzani #TheMinistryofHealth #Salamat #first #Italian #AntonioTajani #EdmondoCirielli #Farnesina #Ituri #NorthKivu #SouthKivu #UnitedNations #ItalianCooperation
https://www.agi.it/cronaca/news/2026-05-27/ebola-medico-rientra-in-italia-37255633/
Il Fatto Quotidiano: Il video dell’intervento dell’attivista antimafia denunciato da Colosimo: “Il vostro è depistaggio istituzionale”
L’intervento risale al 19 luglio 2025, durante la commemorazione organizzata dalle Agende rosse di Salvatore Borsellino. A parlare è Jamil El Sadi: 27enne, nato a Rimini da famiglia di origine palestinese, è un collaboratore del sito Antimafia2000, vive a Palermo ed è tra i fondatori di “Our Voice”, associazione antimafia composta soprattutto da studenti. Un intervento dal palco della commemorazione in via D’Amelio, ripreso e postato sul canale social dell’associazione, che ha provocato la reazione della presidente della Commissione parlamentare antimafia: Chiara Colosimo, infatti, lo ha denunciato per diffamazione.
Il giovane attivista – che si batte per la verità sulle stragi del 1992 e 1993 – dopo avere sottolineato che “sono 33 anni che ancora abbiamo mezza verità sulla strage con il vostro depistaggio istituzionale”, si rivolgeva direttamente ad alcuni dei politici che avevano partecipato alla fiaccolata delle associazioni di destra. “È emblematica la presenza di numerose istituzioni che purtroppo sono già andate via. Sarebbe stato un bellissimo invito, un’occasione persa per loro, a partire dalla presidentessa Chiara Colosimo, Arianna Meloni, l’onorevole Donzelli”. “Piuttosto che cercare la verità sulla strage voi pensate a delegittimare innanzitutto la magistratura, a colpire l’indipendenza della magistratura, a favorire i mafiosi, a favorire i corrotti e i corruttori e gli impresentabili in Parlamento e a delegittimare coloro che in Commissione sono esperti dell’antimafia”, aggiungeva. Come si vede nel video poi El Sadi si rivolgeva all’esponente FdI: “Presidente Colosimo, strage di Stato in via D’Amelio. L’agenda rossa non l’ha presa Riina. Presidentessa Colosimo, se ne faccia una ragione. Questa è una strage emblematica che certifica come Cosa Nostra e le organizzazioni criminali troppo spesso nel nostro paese sono state utilizzate da un sistema più alto, da quello che viene chiamato il Deep State, lo ‘stato profondo’”. Per questo intervento è indagato per diffamazione da parte della Procura di Roma.
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The 12 cities with orange stickers today due to the unusual heat in May: tomorrow it will be 15.
The heatwave bulletin from the Ministry of Health will debut in May. Starting Tuesday, May 26th, an orange warning will be issued in 12 cities, with temperatures destined to rise well above the seasonal average. The anticyclone enveloping much of Europe (with record temperatures...
https://www.today.it/meteo/caldo-anomalo-bollino-arancione-26-27-maggio-2026-dove.html
LA NOTIZIA: La guerra di Putin
Quando ho sentito che Putin aveva lanciato su Kiev il più grande attacco in 4 anni di guerra, pensavo a una strage. Invece, per fortuna, solo 4 morti e 100 feriti. Sempre troppi, certo, ma mi pare un bilancio molto modesto. Invece ho letto titoli come se ci fosse stata un’ecatombe.
Dorina Mensa
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Gentile lettrice, non siamo più al solito doppio standard politico. Qui siamo a una sindrome fobica acuta, una russofobia o meglio una Putinfobia che travolge ogni barriera logica. Cito un titolo tra decine: La Stampa, articolo della russa-italiana Anna Zafesova, “La furia insensata dello Zar sull’orlo di una crisi di nervi”. Qui di insensato ci sono solo i titoli come questo. Anche tralasciando che si è trattato di una rappresaglia per l’uccisione di 21 adolescenti in un dormitorio, il bilancio di sabato è la prova provata che i russi non mirano a colpire la popolazione. Se avessero voluto, con 90 missili e centinaia di droni avrebbero fatto migliaia di morti. Eppure, si continua con questo delirio della “crudeltà” di Putin, Putin rabbioso, Putin boia, Putin carnefice, ecc. Sono stereotipi completamente incoerenti con la realtà, in collisione con ogni evidenza logica. Peraltro noto che epiteti del genere non si sono mai visti sui giornali per Netanyahu e per Israele, che hanno seminato, loro sì, carneficine immani, a Gaza, in Libano, in Siria, in Iran. Di Putin direi invece quello che ho già scritto tante volte: che fa la guerra coi guanti bianchi e che per fortuna ha sangue freddo e nervi d’acciaio, sicché non si abbandona a stragi indiscriminate, altrimenti vedremmo in Ucraina gli stessi orrori di Gaza.
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The Fleet Between Israel and Libya
On Sunday afternoon, ten activists from the Global Sumud Land Convoy crossed the Sirte checkpoint with two cars and an ambulance, to negotiate with the authorities of eastern Libya the restart of the convoy, which had been stalled for eight days in a neutral zone. On the other side, they were waiting for the militants of the 604th Brigade of Khalifa Haftar, with snipers and machine guns. Passports were handed over, the live stream was interrupted. From that moment on, the Italian spokesperson for the Global Sumud Flotilla, Maria Elena Delia, told ANSA, “contacts have been lost.”
Among the ten were two Italians, Domenico Centrone, 33 years old from Molfetta, and Leonarda Alberizia, from Albugnano in the province of Asti. The convoy from which they broke off counted two hundred and fifty people, seven ambulances, ten trucks, and aimed to reach Gaza through Cyrenaica and Rafah.
The Crisis Unit of the Farnesina (Italian Foreign Ministry) announced on Sunday night that it had “launched investigations.” Antonio Tajani had on Thursday, May 21st, asked Kaja Kallas for European sanctions against Itamar Ben Gvir over the Ashdod video. It remained silent on the Sirte case.
Haftar is not an unknown quantity for Rome. On June 11, 2025, Minister Matteo Piantedosi received his son Saddam, commander of the Tareq Ben Zayed brigade, at the Viminale (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs). Fanpage documented the Italian plan supported by the European Commission to open a maritime coordination center in Benghazi that would extend expulsions to Cyrenaica. For the second year, the Mattei Plan envisages the final of the Libyan football championship in Italy.
In Nuseirat, on Sunday morning, an Israeli missile struck an apartment in the refugee camp. Mohammad Abu Mallouh, 38, Alaa Zaqlan, 36, and his son Osama, one year old, died. Since the ceasefire of October 10, 2025, according to the Ministry of Health in Gaza, reported by Reuters, the Israeli army has killed eight hundred and eighty Palestinians.
The naval blockade to the east, the checkpoint to the west. Between the two, two interlocutors whom the Farnesina knows by name.
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LA NOTIZIA: Urso contro Electrolux: “Piano di licenziamenti irricevibile, va ritirato subito”
Il governo respinge il piano da 1.700 licenziamenti in Italia di Electrolux. Durante l’incontro al Mimit di ieri, il ministro delle Imprese e del Made in Italy, Adolfo Urso, ha definito “irricevibile” e “inaccettabile” il piano proposto dall’azienda, chiedendo ai vertiti della multinazionale degli elettrodomestici di presentare un nuovo documento nel prossimo incontro già convocato per il 15 giugno. Il confronto, durante il quale è andato in scena anche lo scontro tra l’azienda e i sindacati, si è tenuto in contemporanea con lo sciopero negli stabilimenti e un presidio davanti al ministero.
Crisi Electrolux, governo e sindacati contro l’azienda
Urso, riportando la contrarietà del governo, ha lamentato “l’assenza di adeguate prospettive industriali” e le “ricadute occupazionali che comporterebbe” il piano presentato da Electrolux. La richiesta è quindi quella di ritirare il piano, reiterata anche dai sindacati come presupposto di base per discutere della riorganizzazione del lavoro. L’azienda ha aperto a una revisione del piano e qualche modifica potrebbe essere presentata il 15 giugno. Intanto i timori delle sigle riguardano la possibilità che la ristrutturazione e il piano di tagli serva per un cambio di controllo della società, con l’avanzata del gruppo cinese Midea.
Electrolux, invece, sottolinea le criticità derivanti dall’operare in Italia, tra un settore in sofferenza per la crisi dei consumatori e le difficoltà produttive derivanti dagli alti costi di energia, lavoro e acciaio. Tanto da ricordare che la crisi riguarda tutta l’Europa e provando così a spiegare il taglio di 1.719 dipendenti, tra cui 994 operai e 725 dipendenti di staff. Allo stato attuale il piano prevede il mantenimento, con tagli di personale, di quattro stabilimenti in Italia e con la chiusura di quello di Cerreto d’Esi.
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It’s already a heat emergency, Wednesday will be the hottest day with 15 cities on orange alert.
(Adnkronos) - The alarm from the first bulletin on heatwaves issued by the Ministry of Health
RaiNews: Reggio Calabria sceglie Cannizzaro: il centrodestra espugna la città al primo turno
Il deputato di Forza Italia stravince supportato da 11 liste, inclusa Azione. Il dem Battaglia guiderà l'opposizione: "Consegniamo un Comune con i conti in ordine"
Ebola, alarm cleared for two suspected cases at the Fatebenefratelli Hospital. Bertolaso’s anger: “Alarmism was to be avoided.”
Virological tests performed at the Sacco Hospital reference laboratory in Milan came back negative. This was communicated yesterday evening by the Regional Welfare Councilor, Guido Bertolaso, with regard to the two suspected cases, reported in the early hours of the day and hospitalized with symptoms compatible with Ebola virus infection. The patients, a 31-year-old and a 33-year-old, tested negative for Ebola, as well as for malaria and the main respiratory viruses currently monitored.
The two, along with another five compatriots, were part of an international cooperative group recently returned to Italy after having “provided assistance in Uganda for approximately three months,” Bertolaso explained, and “during the night they had manifested symptoms such as high fever, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea with a slight neurological component.” Yesterday evening, the sigh of relief.
“The clinical condition of the two subjects remains under observation. In light of the initial diagnostic results – Bertolaso continued – one of the hypotheses currently considered is an infection of bacterial origin affecting the gastrointestinal tract.” However, the councilor pointed out the leak of information, which had created alarm: “If this morning the correct timelines and procedures had been respected – the councilor concluded – an unwarranted media alarm could have been avoided, which has resulted in a considerable deployment of resources and operational activities.”
Pregliasco: “Thanks to Covid, we are now better prepared”
According to virologist Fabrizio Pregliasco, the activation of “health monitoring towards some subjects returning from Uganda demonstrates how the Italian infectious disease preparedness system is today particularly attentive to international scenarios.”
“At this moment, global attention is focused on the Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a context that requires strengthened surveillance, especially for travelers coming from affected or neighboring areas,” says the virologist.
“Today we have a national network much more prepared than in the past, thanks to the experience gained during the Covid-19 pandemic and the continuous coordination systems between the Ministry of Health, the Superior Institute of Health, the Regions and reference centers such as Sacco and Spallanzani. The situation is constantly monitored at the European level through the Health Security Committee of the EU Commission.”
“Therefore, it is correct to maintain high vigilance, but without creating alarm: at the current level, the risk to the Italian population remains very low and the healthcare system is fully operational to identify and manage suspected cases promptly,” Pregliasco emphasizes. The risk for our country, reassure officials, “remains very low.”
Ebola, alarm over in two suspected cases at Sacco. Bertolaso’s anger: “Alarmism was to be avoided”
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