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In any case, to access the doses, two categories will be privileged: the people most exposed to the risk of Covid (from health professionals to the police) and the fragile (first of all, the elderly).
In access to doses, in any case, two categories will be privileged: the people most exposed to the risk of Covid (from health professionals to the police) and the fragile (in particular the elderly).
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Those who get vaccinated against Covid will receive a kind of license. The news was announced by emergency commissioner Domenico Arcuri. We are designing a computer platform that will allow us to manage -explained Arcuri- the verification of the administration to know the names of the people who made the vaccine and where they did it ”. The Ministry of Health will establish the details of this “vaccination certificate”. In any case, to access the doses, two categories will be privileged: the people most exposed to the risk of Covid (from health professionals to law enforcement agencies) and the fragile (first of all, the elderly).
Mandatory vaccination hypothesis by age group
The issue of mandatory status has not yet been addressed. And it is certain that the vaccine plan will also reach Parliament. For the Deputy Minister of Health, Pierpaolo Sileri, however, “a mandatory requirement for age groups should be inserted.” The scheme “must follow that of the flu vaccine”, with special attention to the vulnerable and the elderly, those most exposed to the risks of the coronavirus. For “herd protection,” he said, choosing a different definition than “herd immunity,” a large part of the population must be vaccinated. For Professor Andrea Crisanti, the threshold of 70% must be exceeded to achieve effective results. Also in light of these considerations, Sileri reiterated, “we would need an obligation linked to age groups. In my opinion, it will take the entire year 2021 for vaccination.
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The vaccination plan will be completed in September
The first vaccine will be that of Pfizer “with 3.4 million doses that will arrive in the second half of January to vaccinate 1.7 million Italians since two doses will be needed,” said Commissioner Arcuri, confirming the arrival of the first doses of vaccines in the coming weeks, to be followed by many others to vaccinate the majority of Italians in September. “But we don’t know how many Italians will want to get the vaccine.”
The syringe ban is underway
Arcuri also announced that the call for syringes and needles will begin on Monday, which must be purchased to guarantee the administration of the first and other upcoming vaccines. A very large purchase for a few tens of millions of devices: there are at least three types of syringes and at least six needle sizes. It is a ban that follows that of other countries such as Spain, France and Germany that have already ordered tens of millions of precision syringes. “We will look for them if necessary abroad, but there is a national industry that I think hopes to be able to do its part in this regard as well,” Arcuri concluded. What awaits from the Regions the list of hospitals and RSA from where vaccination will begin in January.
Shots on the track
Meanwhile, good news comes from the labs. The Oxford University investigational vaccine, Irbm and Astrazeneca is well tolerated, especially in the elderly, and induces immune protection similar to that seen in young adults, as indicated by Phase 2 results published in the Lancet magazine. Data that are added to those anticipated by Pzifer and Moderna in recent days on the effectiveness of their vaccines, which nevertheless seem to cause intense side effects in some people, although not dangerous and of short duration, but on which the journal Science asks transparency in communication. According to data cited by Science on the Pfizer and Moderna RNA vaccines, less than 2% of the volunteers had a high fever between 39 and 40 degrees and with 9.7% of Moderna reported fatigue, 8.9% muscle aches , 5.2% joint pain and 4.5% headache.
