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Bologna, December 9, 2020 – When the Covid vaccine in Italy? And when in Emilia romagna? Sara required? Insiders’ responses are not always consistent, so it should be clarified.
Covid vaccine, when you leave
“We hope to have, more likely in February than in January, the first doses of Pfizer vaccine that will be destined to health personnel and personnel who work in nursing homes for the elderly and guests, “said the regional councilor for Health. Raffaele donini, on December 1. The Undersecretary of Health, Sandra Zampa, is more optimistic. In the interview delivered today to Carlino he says: “In Emilia Romagna it is scheduled to start on January 15, as in all regions.”
Too late, according to the virologist Roberto Burioni: “If the approval in the EU arrives on December 29, the 30 must start vaccinating non-stop not even on New Year’s Eve.” “If we were delayed a month or a month and a half,” he added yesterday, “there would be thousands of deaths.”
Will it be mandatory?
It is almost certain that the Covid vaccine will not be required. There are many resistance in this regard. But, says Sandra Zampa, “one could think of one precondition for those who work in citizenship, such as health workers and teachers, while for the population I believe that a lot of patience will be needed to give clarifications and reassurance ”.
How many doses will be available
In first quarter of the vaccination campaign, starting in January, 28.2 million doses are expected to be available, mostly supplied by AstraZeneca (16.1 million), followed by Pfizer (8.7 million), Curevac (2 million ) and modern (1.3).
In second bedroom the number will increase to 57.2 million doses and in the third to 74 million. The fourth quarter will see 31.9 million doses available, while in the first quarter of 2022 currently 8 million. In total, 202.5 million doses will be available.
“L”Emilia romagna He is at the forefront of the logistics part, to understand how to distribute it in the shortest time possible, knowing that it will take most of 2021 for mass distribution ”, he declares. Raffaele donini. “The culture of health of the population of Emilia Romagna, our ability to work together and the logistical organization”, proven with the distribution of the influenza vaccine and with which “we will probably vaccinate a third of the regional population, a figure never reached “. in no other reality ”, probably“ it will allow us to obtain – concludes the regional adviser – the exit of the pandemic in 2021 ”.
How long does the vaccine last?
A serological investigation will be carried out on a representative sample of vaccinated Italians to assess the duration and quality of immune response on the different population groups of the Covid vaccine.
Where you will be vaccinated
The draft plan of the Ministry of Health foresees that the vaccine will be administered in 300 facilities, including hospitals and mobile units, in family doctor clinics and in public spaces such as gyms and trade fairs.
The priority categories
If the objective is herd immunity, to be achieved with 40 million vaccinated, initially the serum will be administered to the priority categories: health workers, health social workers, elderly in the Rsa, elderly personnel of the Rsa, over eighty years , people who work in essential services, school personnel, law enforcement.
With patriotic pride, the British called it V-Day, and it is not surprising that they started from Coventry, martyr city of the Nazi bombings. Margaret Keenan, an indomitable ninety-year-old from Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, was patient number one. “I can only invite anyone to get vaccinated – was his most heartfelt appeal -. And not just because it’s free. It’s the best thing that could have happened to us right now. Please do it! If I did it, you can too! ”.
To receive the second dose, 800 thousand already distributed In 70 hospitals in the Kingdom, there was then 81-year-old William ‘Bill’ Shakespeare. Other guests from nursing homes, doctors and nurses will follow. In the next week about 400 thousand people will be vaccinated at the rate of about a thousand vaccines per day per hospital.
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