Covid, the symbol of the vaccine campaign will be a flower | Arcuri: “The administration will start in mid-January”

“The idea of ​​a primrose helping us out of a dark winter is the message we want to convey. The flower is the sign of the beginning of spring, a symbol of serenity and rebirth ”, explained Boeri.

Vaccines for 1.8 million Italians – The first wave of vaccinations will affect 1.8 million Italians: these are the social and health personnel of hospitals and the guests and personnel of nursing homes, ”Arcuri said.

The campaign begins in all EU states on a symbolic day – “The idea that there may be a European country that begins before the other is far away, the campaign will begin in all states on a symbolic day, one day before the actual start” of vaccinations.

Initially 300 management points – “At the beginning there will be 300 administration points. Then in the final phase they will reach 1,500. It will be a way of inviting all Italians to get vaccinated,” continued the emergency commissioner. “The cost of the flower-shaped gazebos? The architect Boeri worked ‘pro bono’ and our objective is to involve other companies that intend to do so ”.

Flower-shaped gazebo in vaccination squares – 1,500 flower-shaped viewpoints, as a symbol of the campaign, will be the places where the doses will be administered in the second phase of the anti-Covid vaccination campaign. The gazebos, Arcuri and Boeri explained, will be placed throughout Italy, in city squares, in front of hospitals and also on sports fields. The information campaign to invite Italians to get vaccinated also includes the creation of information totems in front of hospitals, parks, public offices and schools.

“You start to see the light at the end of the tunnel” – “The light at the end of the tunnel begins to shine,” Arcuri said again about the vaccination plan. “We have given a great test in recent months of being a community and I really hope with all the strength I have that this community can find itself around this symbol of rebirth.”