00:00The current situation is serious.
00:02It is delicate and precarious.
00:05We might be seeing a stabilisation in numbers in the EU,
00:09but this is a stabilisation at very high levels.
00:13Every 17 seconds, a person loses their life due to COVID-19 in Europe.
00:20And every day in Europe, more than 5,000 families are grieving the loss of a loved one.
00:26Our doctors and nurses are once again fighting an uphill battle to care for patients
00:33and not only those sick with COVID-19,
00:36but the many patients for whom surgeries and treatments once again have had to be cancelled.
00:43At the upcoming end of the year and what is usually a festive period with family and friends
00:50does not make it any less serious.
00:53On the contrary,
00:54If we are not careful,
00:57if we do not practice self-restraint and discipline,
01:01if we relax too quickly,
01:03if this relatively more stable period is not used to prepare,
01:08we will have more cases,
01:10more deaths and more lockdowns.
01:13Until vaccines can be successfully deployed,
01:17measures to control and mitigate the spread of the coronavirus
01:21must continue over the next few months.
01:24And this, in particular, during the end of the year holiday period.
01:31Now, like everything else this year,
01:33end of this year festivities are going to be different.
01:36This year, saving lives must come first.
01:42We don't want to cancel Christmas.
01:44We want to make Christmas safe for everyone.
01:47We know that the sacrifices for keeping each other safe are high.
01:51But we cannot allow the risk of seeing Christmas or New Year celebrations
01:56becoming super-spreading events.
01:58Thank you very much.
01:58Yes, I'll be lucishing them.
01:58Grazie a tutti.
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