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Bologna, September 30, 2020 – Started in Emilia romagna the race towards flu shot, throwing the world of family doctors into chaos. Thousands of citizens, these days, are attacking their doctors’ phones to reserve as soon as vaccines are available, starting October 12. Meanwhile yesterday, a Parma, he first case of seasonal flu, earlier than in previous years, which affected a 9-month-old baby.
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me medici This year they will be faced with a wave of requests for vaccines that, due to Covid – they predict – will be at least double that of last year, when 819 thousand were vaccinated in the region. The Ministry of Health has estimated that the number of the population at risk, which is recommended to be vaccinated, in Emilia-Romagna is 1,586,694. The Region has bought 1,200,000 vaccines, which can be increased by another 240 thousand doses. According to the ministry’s calculations, therefore, they would not cover even the most fragile population, stopping at around 75% and there would certainly not be enough vaccines for the other categories that are not at risk. In addition, GPs will have half the time for vaccination, due to the need to space appointments to avoid crowds.
The bite Technically it takes a couple of minutes to do, but you need to stay in the waiting room before and after, when you expect there will be no adverse reactions. There are many doctors who fear they will not reach the goal because the operations will necessarily go slowly, especially for those with small studies. Citizens, for their part, are pushing for the vaccine in October, before the flu wave hits.
Fabio Mario Vespa The FMMG regional secretary does not hide his concern: “We do not know when the vaccines will be delivered, so there are few doctors who will probably make an appointment now, because if they do not arrive it would be catastrophic. We are in mortal chaos. In Bologna, the Ausl ensures that the vaccines will arrive. “On October 5 we will begin to deliver them – he explains Cristina Maccaferri, Primary Care Director: at 11, all doctors will have them. The organizing machine is already active since this summer. “However, the time is very short: there are only 12 days left.” There will be personalized solutions from the doctors, some adequate, some not – Vespa pulls the strings – and we hope that this does not imply a reduction in adherence to the vaccine ”. Family doctors, for their part, are suspicious. “When I think about it – explains Maurizio Vacirca – I don’t sleep at night. I don’t know how we are going to do it. First I will vaccinate those who are at risk, I do not know if I will be able to vaccinate the other categories as well. “” The applications – he explains – are at least duplicated. I get hundreds of phone calls. I hope that there is the possibility of going not only to the GP but also to the Ausl. “
A possibility also taken into consideration by the mayor of Bologna, Virginio merola, who announced that there will be “a more generalized presence of Ausl in the territory, with mobile units in particular in the peripheral areas of the city, starting with Corticella, to reserve the influenza vaccine.” Another problem is determined by the spaces: not all doctors have large waiting rooms to ensure a distance that does not slow down vaccination operations too much, or share them with other associates. “To those who informed us of this problem – Maccaferri assures us – we have given our willingness to use our spaces. Many doctors are organizing to vaccinate on weekends as well. On our part, there is the maximum will to find shared solutions ”. TO Reggio emilia, Ausl has already been moved and 38 alternative locations have been identified that guarantee distancing. The vaccine doses, calculated on the 2019 vaccines, will be delivered to doctors in two installments, the first corresponding to 70% of the total and the second, from October 20, to the remaining 30%, plus an additional 20% . In Bologna, the Ausl requested 245 thousand doses. Last year 163,500 were vaccinated, 91% by general practitioners.
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