Covid, vaccine plan ready: when and how many doses

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From the first quarter of 2021 they will be available 202 million doses from Vaccine for COVID-19. This is what the Minister of Health said, according to Ansa Roberto Speranza illustrating the vaccine plan to the majority group leaders at the meeting at Palazzo Chigi, also in the presence of Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte. Each dose, he said, “needs a booster and we don’t know how much immunity there is.”

Hope announced that the vaccine developed by Pfizer It will arrive “between January 23 and 26” and the doses “will go to the 300 points identified, which are directly the hospitals.”

First, the vaccine will go to medical and health personnel and RSAs. Regarding the age range, first those over 80, then the 60/70 group and gradually the other groups, such as essential workers, including school.

Mass vaccinations will be carried out using large public spaces, gyms, open spaces, fairs. The distribution will be entirely state: management will be centralized and the vaccine will be distributed in accordance with medical and scientific decisions.

The vaccination plan developed by the ministry also provides for the implementation of the network to monitor vaccines with a dedicated information system, connected with regional systems. But also a double vaccination and immunological surveillance.

During the meeting at Palazzo Chigi Speranza also stressed the importance of “do not match the third wave with the vaccination campaign“The objective is not to start with the obligation in the vaccination campaign against Covid but with the persuasion and information to achieve herd immunity with 40 million Italians.

VIRGILIO NEWS | 01-12-2020 21:09