Covid vaccine, 1.7 million doses are missing. Stocks are almost out of stock – Corriere.it

The arrival today of one million doses of Pfizer vaccine This is good news. But those vials are unlikely to speed up the vaccination campaign. They will allow you to keep up. And, above all, to avoid a true emergency. And that’s the risk of do not complete withdrawals waited 21 days after the first dose. But there is another number to watch out for. To total deliveries planned throughout the first quarter you will lose almost 1.7 million doses. The latest table of the Ministry of Health indicated 15.69 million doses. But according to the forecasts of the structure led by the curator Francesco Paolo Figliuolo we will reach “more than 14 million”. This is not surprising, given that pharmaceutical companies have never honored their commitments, also due to the substantial lack of penalties for delay. But that doesn’t help.

Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca: the point about dosages

Now 18% of the vials are stationary. in warehouses. But we must distinguish.

The bottom line is that we have few vaccines, Pfizer BioNTech and Moderna, for those who need it most, people over 80 years old. While there is no problem with that, AstraZeneca, reserved for the categories that will come later. Last night, only 5% of Pfizer’s doses were left in the freezers, just over 300,000 doses out of a total of 6.6 million delivered. Run more, with this vaccine reserved for health personnel and over 80, it was impossible. Until a few weeks ago the regions had the obligation to set aside 30% of stock, just to guarantee withdrawals. Removing this restriction allowed us to go a little faster. But without the million doses to come withdrawals would have been a problem.

Stop AstraZeneca, the consequences

The other vaccine reserved for those over 80 does not help much

and health personnel, Modern. The numbers are too small to be meaningful. The doses delivered they do not reach half a million, and in any case, even here there is not much to speed up since 72% has been used. The situation is different for AstraZeneca, which, however, cannot be used for those over 80 years of age and was instead administered to teachers, military, law enforcement and to those professional categories that have caused so much discussion. The doses delivered are almost two and a half million and we use 52% of them. Just over half. And this, essentially, to the four days of detention after the preventive stop decided last week by Italy and other European countries. In addition to the distrust of people towards this vaccine.

Covid Vaccine, Reservist Lists

Just to avoid more slowdowns

what’s more Liguria and Tuscany prepare reserve lists, to replace the no-shows. The fact is that vaccination is the best weapon against Covid, along with protective measures. A study by the Higher Institute of Health confirms reducing infections and deaths in RSA, where the immunization began.