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AGI – On the day the vaccination begins, Health Minister Esperanza says he is “satisfied and also proud, because we have reached a decisive goal, although not yet decisive” in an interview with La Stampa. And he also affirms that “the antidote does not exempt us from responsibilities and does not exempt us from sacrifices” because “the difference compared to before is that we can face them with a different spirit, because now we know that we can do it” but also that we must maintain “the Division. Italy’s ‘chromatic’ and holiday bans “. This, he stresses, “is out of the question.”
Thus, “if AstraZeneca also reaches the goal, another 16 million doses will be added by the first quarter, which correspond to another 8 million vaccinated people. Final result: as of April 1, we could have 13 million vaccinated, so we would already be in Phase One, that is, the one that allows us to have the first epidemiological impact ”, says the minister.
And about the vaccine Speranza says: “There is only one vaccine purchase contract, signed by the European Commission on behalf of the entire Union. And the distribution of doses between the different Member States, also by contract, is managed by the Commission itself according to the number of inhabitants. Our share is 13.45% of the total of all vaccines that the EU has bought from the six manufacturers. At the end of the vaccination campaign, in 2022, our country will have received 202 million doses ”.
This means that, “in the immediate future, the distribution between the individual States may vary depending on completely random factors: the day the communication is made, the distance to the factories. Those Pfizers are in Brussels, so they arrive in Germany before us. But the proportion of doses that corresponds to each country is fixed by contract. So there are those who are better and buy more and those who are poorer and buy less. When it is fully operational, we will be entitled to 420,000 weekly doses, and they will be… ”.
The minister’s objective is divided into two phases: phase one: 15 million people vaccinated, to have the first epidemiological impact; second phase: 40 million vaccinated, to obtain herd immunity. In other words, “according to the contractual plan – specifies the Minister of Health – in the first quarter we should receive 8.7 million doses produced by Pfizer and 1.3 million produced by Moderna. In total, 10 million doses, corresponding to 5 million vaccinated people, since with a booster you need two doses per person, ”says Speranza.
