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Figliuolo reassures in Sardinia The emergency commissioner Francesco Figliuolo traveled to Sardinia – one of the areas with the worst vaccination performance, especially among those over 80 – and assured: “Between today and tomorrow more than 1.3 million doses of Astrazeneca will arrive”. More than half a million Moderns arrived on Wednesday and a million from Pfizer on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Lombardy with its 10 million inhabitants as of Thursday will connect with the Italian Post Office for reservations and hopes to remedy inefficiencies that lasted for weeks.
The government confirms the goal of 500 thousand vaccinated per day Based on available government data, an optimistic outlook is drawn, underlining that vaccinations have increased by 269% since Mario Draghi took office (thanks also to the more massive influx of doses). The goal of vaccinating 500,000 people a day by the end of April (the plan indicated the week 14-22) is confirmed, giving priority to the oldest and most fragile.
Fears of delayed delivery of doses. The problem, however, could be the insufficient doses: with the total of 8 million announced by Figliuolo for the month that just started, an average of just 266 thousand people a day could be vaccinated, according to the calculations. Let’s blame the continued cuts and delays by companies, which by contract should have delivered more than 28 million doses in the first quarter and have shipped half of them. Specifically, AstraZeneca weighs in, which shipped a quarter compared to December 2020 estimates. The appeal also lack 2 million Curevacs, not yet approved.
Lazio and Veneto sound the alarm So here’s the alarm, especially from the faster-going Regions like Lazio and Veneto. “The vials expected last Monday may arrive on Saturday,” Nicola Zingaretti’s administration said, fearing a reserve freeze. We are proceeding for now with the AstraZeneca batch released after the case of alleged deaths. Luca Zaia’s city council, for its part, announces that it will continue with the remaining doses of Pfizer, pending on Moderna and AstraZeneca. In the case of Lazio, however, according to data from the Health Ministry, there are still 63,000 doses of the Anglo-Dutch vaccine in the fridge, administered on average to 6,000 people a day in recent days. Perhaps an update failure. Numerical discrepancies still confusing.
Esperanza: “Collapse of infections where we can vaccinate” Zingaretti looks to the future and announces that starting April 20, the new Johnson & Johnson single dose will be administered in pharmacies to people 55 to 60 years old. From the American company – the protagonist of an accident in a United States plant with millions of lost doses – a turning point in the massive campaign is expected. “Vaccination is increasing – says Health Minister Roberto Speranza – and where we are able to vaccinate we see that there is a drop in the rate of infections.”
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