Covid: the army will distribute the Pfizer vaccine in Italy. The first to vaccinate a nurse – Chronicle



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“At the request of Commissioner Domenico Arcuri, we had to urgently plan the distribution of the Pfizer vaccine (which initially should have distributed it on its own to individual facilities – ed.) That will arrive in Italy on the 24th, it will be stored in the center in a first phase. The headquarters of Spallanzani and, for Defense, will be distributed and administered in 21 national sites “. This is what General Luciano Portolano said, addressing the President of the Republic during the meeting at the Coi.

The first Covid vaccine in Italy will be a woman. As learned from sources in Spallanzani and the Region, she is a nurse. Everything is ready at the Spallanzani institute in Rome for the start of the vaccination scheduled for December 27.

The Directorate of the National Institute of Infectious Diseases Lazzaro Spallanzani announces that on Sunday, December 27, day V, the first five anti-COVID vaccines will be administered to the largest number of employees of the Institute and precisely: a nurse, a socio-health operator ( OSS), a researcher and two doctors. “The direction of INMI Lazzaro Spallanzani specifies this in a note.

According to what has been learned, among the first 5 to be vaccinated on December 27 in Spallanzani, there are health professionals who will be involved in the first line in the administration of the Covid vaccine. Therefore, the nurse and the two doctors who will receive the serum first in Italy will later be part of the units committed to administering vaccines to colleagues. As for the researcher, she is an academic who works in the Institute’s research laboratories. The social and health worker works in the Covid departments.

“The defense divisions will play a valuable and decisive role also in the fundamental activities related to the management of the vaccination campaign, in collaboration with the National Health Service. Italians, in addition to being proud of the armed forces, are grateful for what they do for the defense and security of our country. “Thus the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, at the end of the video link of the Operative Command of Vértice Interforze, in which “gratitude on behalf of the Republic to all members of the Armed Forces, the State Military Corps and their families” is expressed.

“I extend my best wishes to all those who already belong to the Armed Forces, the State Military Corps and their families for a better Christmas and 2021, which will restore serenity and guarantee a reassuring and positive outlook for our fellow citizens,” added Mattarella.

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