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There are 505 doses of anti-covid vaccine administered yesterday, December 27, 2020 in Puglia, the day of the European health ‘v-day’ against Covid-19
Ten bottles were reserved for the sanitary workers of the Casa Sollievo della Soflievo. At the San Pio hospital, the first health worker to be vaccinated was the internist doctor Pamela Piscitelli: “I chose to request the Covid-19 vaccine because I really believe that it is, to date, the most powerful weapon, perhaps the only one, that we have than to defeat this virus. I really believe in it. There was a bit of fear, I think it is physiological. But this vaccine for me is a way to protect the people who wait for me at home every day and who, by choice of altruism , I tried to protect ”.
Another ten vials were delivered to the health workers of the San Severo hospital, ten to the RSA in Pta di San Marco in Lamis and thirty to the Sisp Asl vaccination center in Foggia.
Dr. Viviana Balena was the first ASL operator to receive it. “We see the light at the end of the tunnel. Important, we all have to look, all in the same direction. Never before has the importance of vaccination been so alive. I believe in the vaccine, and I think it can help us.” After her, it was the turn of the nurse Marilena Piccirilli: “I believed in prevention, it is an honor to be the first ASL nurse to be vaccinated. Vaccination is a responsibility above all towards the patients we care for.”
Twenty in all doses of vaccine administered to D’Avanzo. The first to be vaccinated in Riuniti was prof. Teresa Santantonio, Director of Infectious Diseases at the UOC: “I am very excited, I think like everyone else in this situation, but I feel calm. The vaccine is safe and effective. It is a duty and a right to be able to access vaccination if the objective is to protect ourselves and others. It is a moment of great importance because we begin to have hope, we can defeat this pandemic. Do you doubt to get vaccinated? None. When they proposed it to me, I didn’t hesitate for a moment. I know the vaccine, the technology is innovative and safe. I made the decision without any fear. “
Followed by Dr. Esterina Parente, Medical Director of the Emergency Department, and Dr. Rosella De Nittis, Clinical Medical Director of the Microbiology Unit.
“We are grateful to all those who contributed to the success of Vaccine Day, to those who in these hours are witnessing with concrete words and gestures the importance of believing in science to protect their own health and that of others. The organizational machine of Puglia has worked well. The same attention will be paid when the new doses of the vaccine arrive, around 95 thousand doses for our region, starting in January. ” These are the words of the president of the Puglia Region, Michele Emiliano and the health counselor Pier Luigi Lopalco.
