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When will the Covid vaccination start?
December 27 will be the day of the symbolic launch throughout Europe. Pfizer will deliver 9,750 doses to our country. The Regions have already begun to summon the people who will be administered immediately after Christmas among those who have joined the campaign
How will the campaign continue?
In the first days of January 1 million 874 thousand doses of the Pfizer vaccine will arrive. They have already been divided between the Regions based on the number of people belonging to the categories that must first be covered against Covid. After three weeks, another 2.5 million doses will arrive
What categories will be vaccinated at the beginning?
The Ministry of Health has indicated the priorities. First it will be the turn of the health workers and guests and staff of the RSA, residences for the elderly. In Italy there are about 1.9 million people in total. Then it will be the turn of those over eighty (4.4 million), those aged 60 to 79 years (13.4 million) and those with at least one chronic disease (7.4 million). Then we will pass to the rest of the population
How many doses should be done?
The vaccine produced by Pfizer, as well as others that should be available in the next few months, should be withdrawn approximately three weeks after the first administration.
What will be the next vaccine that will be available?
Moderna’s should reach Ema approval on January 6. The US firm said it will deliver it within 15 days of the green light from the European regulatory agency. Initially, 10 million doses were destined for Italy and it has just been decided to exercise the option to order another 10 million.
How many vaccines has Italy requested from industry across Europe?
Approximately 202 million doses, which should serve more than 100 million people. Some companies have had problems with testing and have announced that they will delay delivery. The problems right now are AstraZeneca and Sanofi, which must deliver 40 million doses each to our country. Delivery times will be postponed for both
Where will the Pfizer vaccine be administered?
It will be delivered by the company in 287 centers identified by the Regions, mainly hospitals, which are capable of maintaining it at -70 degrees. Here the health personnel will be vaccinated and from here the vehicles that will transport them to the RSA will depart.
How it will be transported
Interior boxes that hold five of the trays of 975 doses each, for a total of 4,875 vaccines. The doses will be in ampoules of 5 that must be prepared with the physiological solution before being administered.
Who will do the injections?
At the beginning, the personnel of the sanitary and hospital companies will take care of it. Later, when the bulk of the population needs to be vaccinated, doctors, nurses and administrative personnel hired by the emergency commissioner Domenico Arcuri will enter the field. The 15 thousand professionals requested have already submitted to the calls
How long will the campaign last?
The goal is to come to an end in the autumn of next year, but the unknown factor remains of the authorizations to pharmaceutical companies from the regulatory authorities that evaluate the efficacy and safety of drugs. For now, apart from Pfizer and Moderna (but only in the US), no one else has obtained them
