Usually when a business closes its doors it is a sign that things are not going well. All the more so if a distribution hospital. Instead, after a difficult period, marked by hundreds of hospitalizations of patients affected by Covid-19, it is precisely the news of a closure that throws a ray of sunshine into a unusual Sunday Lombard. From the Milanese hospital Niguarda, since the beginning of the epidemic on the front line for the emergency, announces the news anyway staff sanitary: one of the five intensive care departments reserved for Covid patients will close. It's not necessary any more. The twenty-seven beds inside are already empty. Once sanitized, the environment will be used to accommodate other types of hospitalization. A "small big step" towards the hoped-for normality.

Coronavirus - view of Bergamo

For everything to go back to the way it was before, the road is very long. But while “phase 2” is thought with apprehension, this unexpected Sunday has transmitted positivity to all of Italy. The news of the closure of the department was published directly on the profile Instagram of Niguarda. In the dedicated post there is a video where medical staff, nurses and health workers celebrate. And thanks to all those who in the last fifty days have worked tirelessly, with a lot of dedication, professionalism, responsibility, sensitivity. Many comments from this tenor, accompanied by hearts and thumbs up. And again the congratulations to all the operators who proved resilient, courageous and professional. The shares they wasted.

Coronavirus - panorama of Bergamo with sunset

And on the same day ...

… From nearby Bergamo, still a breath of hope for the region most attacked by evil. And again it is a closure. For the first time in the last forty days, the small church of the city cemetery closes its doors to the coffins awaiting burial or cremation. There are none. The mayor, Giorgio Gori, announces it with relief. THE data collected collected the last few days are encouraging. According to those concerning the unusual Sunday, April 19, there are about 66236 positives in Lombardy. There was a slight increase of 855 infected compared to the previous day. The additional deaths were about 163, for a total of 12.213 deaths. These data were provided by the regional councilor for the Territory and Civil Protection, Peter Foroni. The number of people admitted to intensive care decreased and reached an even number of 922. 417 were discharged while the swabs carried out amounted to 8824.

The important fact are the 300 new hospitalized in non-intensive care. The challenge has not yet been won, it may still be long. For this reason we must pay the utmost attention and comply with the regulations in force because it takes very little to resume the negative trend: is Foroni's comment.

To tell us that it is not time to let our guard down are the not so encouraging data concerning the regional health system affected by the beginning of the epidemic to today. In total they are 185 among doctors, nurses, technicians and other professionals.

We trust that Sundays like these, in Lombardy as in all of Italy, are less and less isolated. The same that we wish for each of us, after all.

An unusual Lombard Sunday at the time of the Coronavirus last edit: 2020-04-21T09:00:00+02:00 da Mariangela Cutrone

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