Covid vaccine, the first doses are in Rome. Conte: “Message of confidence that radiates in Italy and the EU. Thanks to those who will do the campaign”

“The first doses of anti-covid vaccine they came to Rome, to Spallanzani. It is a message of confidence that radiates in Italy and Europe ”. A few hours remain for the start of dosing throughout Europe and the Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte I wanted to thank those who will participate in the first line in our country. “Thanks to Minister Speranza,” he wrote on Twitter, “to the Arcuri commissioner, the armed forces and to all healthcare professionals that will allow us to carry out an unprecedented vaccination campaign ”. The president of the EU commission also spoke in the morning Ursula Von der leyen: “We are beginning to turn the page in a difficult year. The vaccine was delivered. Vaccination will start tomorrow in the EU. The European Vaccination Days are a moving moment of unity. Vaccination is the key to get out of the pandemic“.

In fact, between Christmas Day and December 26, dozens of trucks left the Pfizer Plant of Puurs, in Belgium, to reach the 27 Member States of the Union. The 19,500 doses destined for France arrived shortly before 7 a.m. Paris. The first injections, informs the Public Assistance-Hôpitaux de la Capital, will be carried out in two nursing homes, in Sevran and Dijon. 9,750 doses intended for Croatia and toHungary, which will be enough “to vaccinate 4,875 Health workers at the forefront of the fight, “at Covid, Chief Spokesman Viktor Orban announced via Twitter, Zoltan Kovacs. Alone Orban it has decided not to wait until the 27th to start vaccinations, as agreed with the rest of the EU countries, but it has already started on December 26 with the first doses.

The same number of doses arrived in Italy on Christmas Day: the Pfizer truck crossed the Brenner and left for Rome, escorted on the road by police cars. The cargo was stored overnight at the barracks. Tor di Quinto and late in the morning he arrived at Spallanzani Hospital. Here the vials will be divided into several containers that will be assigned to the Regions. In this first phase, for its distribution throughout the national territory, the Armed forces: For himOperation Eos, expected between today and tomorrow, will go out to the field 5 military aircraft and 60 motor vehicles, the same ones that were used Bergamo in the hardest phase of the pandemic. “Defense is doing a great job these days of celebration and that is why, tomorrow, Italy together with the rest of the European countries will begin to administer the first vaccines,” declared the undersecretary of Defense. Angelo Tofalo. “It is a strong sign of hope for everyone”.