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Bologna, October 3, 2020 – Phone calls, emails requests in person. Both in the family doctor clinics and in the pharmacies of Emilia Romagna, the main topic of discussion, apart from Covid, is the flu shot.
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The vaccination campaign will start on October 12, but several unknowns remain in less than ten days from the start. A period of overwork is expected for general practitioners, while pharmacies are waiting for news because the stocks destined for them may not be sufficient. The Region has bought as a whole 1.2 million doses, plus another 240 thousand.
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But second the calculations of the Ministry of Health, This stock is not enough to guarantee the vaccination of all citizens considered at risk – by age or pathology – which are almost 1.6 million (reaching 75% of potential coverage). The rest, under 60, without pathologies, run the risk of being left out.
There is the possibility of applying the family doctor, goes to the pharmacy with the prescription and buys the vaccine (which is free for the most fragile subjects). If you find it: pharmacies will only have 36,000 available and at the moment they cannot find other doses. The 2019 campaign involved more than 800 thousand Emilia-Romagna and this year, due to Covid, the request could be double. The vaccine race has begun. But it is an obstacle course.
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