(Finance) – In the end the scorching heat has arrived and, like every year, the alert is triggered for people’s health. The heat wave in Italy will reach a peak this weekend due to the extension of African high pressure over the central Mediterranean and the Balkans.
They will catch up over the weekend peaks of 40-41 degrees in eight red-sticker cities in the Centre-South. In Northern Italy, however, an increase in cloud cover and a situation of general instability is expected, with the possibility of showers and thunderstorms.
The 8 red dot cities are Ancona, Campobasso, Frosinone, Latina, Palermo, Perugia, Rieti and Romewith a risk level of 3, equivalent to an emergency condition with possible negative effects on the health of everyone, not just the elderly and children. Orange sticker instead for Bari, Bologna, Brescia, Catania, Messina, Naples, Pescara, Reggio Calabria, Trieste and Viterbo.
Precisely because of the increase in alert level at altitude 3has been activated in Italian emergency rooms the “heat code”i.e. a preferential and differentiated care path compared to the main one, in addition to strengthening of the emergency medical serviceat the opening of the local clinics for 12 hours 7 days a week and at reactivation of the Uscars (Special regional care continuity units) used during the pandemic for home care and to combat inappropriate access to EDs.
The recommendations, contained in a circular from the Ministry of Health“are necessary for prevent the effects of heat waves” and also include starting a campaign of comunication of the Ministry. Also reactivated public utility number 1500 to provide guidance and information to citizens.