“Dose for 18 million Italians in 6 months”

Published on: 12/30/2020 10:17 PM

“Over the next six months or so, we will have vaccine doses for a significant part of the population, about 18 million Italians. It could also be that we have more if the AstraZeneca vaccine is unlocked. “Walter Ricciardi, advisor to the Ministry of Health and professor of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine at Cattolica, told Adnkronos. At the moment we are reasonably sure that with these doses they can vaccinate a significant part of the Italian population, ”Ricciardi reiterated.

With respect to duration of immunityRicciardi explained that “we are monitoring and until now we know that will last about 5 months, it should be checked if it will last longer. We must also take into account that each person can respond differently to the vaccine, there is individual variability ”.