Emergency rooms and wards in Italian hospitals are under pressure due to the increase in flu cases. According to the data of the competent authorities, there is a decrease in the number of coronavirus cases. However, flu diagnoses with complications of the respiratory system and cases of pneumonia continue to increase, not only in elderly patients.

In the last week covid 19 cases decreased by 16%, but according to many virology professors, this decrease may be due to the lower number of tests performed during the holidays. Which means that a new rise could be recorded in the coming days.

As for hospital emergencies, the vast majority of patients with flu-like symptoms and complications are elderly and vulnerable citizens. From Milan to Rome and Naples, the wait to be able to see a doctor several times exceeds four hours.

Matteo Bassetti, chief of infectious diseases at the San Martino Hospital in Genoa, emphasized that “this is the worst seasonal flu of the last 20 years, in terms of its rate of transmission.” “We had warned the Italians, but many preferred to turn a deaf ear,” added Bassetti, with direct reference to those who did not want to be vaccinated.

According to the latest figures, more than one million Italians have been infected with the flu, although the peak of cases, which is expected probably within the next week, has not yet been recorded.