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The vaccination campaign against the coronavirus began on Sunday, December 27. The San Donato Hospital in Arezzo was also chosen to administer the first doses of the Pfizer / BioNtech vaccine to healthcare personnel. The vaccine, developed following all phases of the clinical trial and authorized by the European Medicines Agency (EMA), should deliver the final blow to the Covid pandemic within a year. Although it will take some time before the prophylaxis, free for all citizens, allows the current containment measures to be relaxed. By the end of 2021, according to projections, 70% of the population will have received the vaccine: this is the threshold identified as the minimum to determine herd immunity.
As a result, explain in detail Today – it will be necessary to vaccinate at least 40 million people. Here are the phases and the timetable, explained by the experts from the Veronesi Foundation. The time references are indicative, because much will depend on the speed of delivery of the sera and the presence or absence of logistical obstacles. Through the European Union, Italy will receive a total of around 200 million doses. Therefore, orders include a safety stock that can be used for any recall.
Phase 1: until March
The categories that should be vaccinated first are those of health and social workers, guests and employees of nursing homes (RSA). These are the ones who, especially during the first wave, paid the highest price in the pandemic. Vaccination of doctors and nurses has a double value: it allows the operators with the highest risk to be protected from their work and guarantees the stability of health care. In fact, it is not uncommon for departments to be decimated by the absences of infected healthcare personnel or forced into quarantine. Without neglecting the good example, that never like in this historical moment can come from those who spend their days in T-shirts. Based on the accumulated knowledge about the consequences of the Sars-CoV-2 infection, the RSA guests were instead recognized as the most fragile people due to their advanced age and the frequent concomitance of other diseases. This first step will involve almost two million people, for which double the vaccine doses will be needed: considering that for a complete immunization it will be necessary to submit each person to two of these, with an interval of at least three weeks.
Phase 2: April to June
After the first phase, progress can be made by first vaccinating people over 80 years of age (in Italy there are almost 4.5 million). Considering twice that of the first vaccinated, it is estimated that this phase could end during the spring of 2021.
Phase 3: July to September
Then, as indicated in the strategic plan, it will be the turn of people between 60 and 79 years (13.5 million) and Italians suffering from at least one chronic disease (7.5 million). And then, little by little, from everyone else, with priority to school personnel and the police.
Phase 4: October to December
The entire adult population that has not been vaccinated in the first 3 stages: therefore, anyone over 16 years of age (the vaccine is not yet officially approved for children).
