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It will start in January. It will be the month of the start of the vaccination anti-Covid in Italy. The Minister of Health said so Roberto Speranza in an Ansa forum. “On December 29, the European Medicines Agency will start the Pfizer- BioNtech vaccine and from that day on, AIFA and Italy will be ready to leave ”, explained the minister, adding; 2 I hope everyone in Europe chooses the same day. And this is a proposal that Italy has made ”. “Maximum rigor and maximum safety – Speranza concluded – the heart of the vaccines will be spring summer, voluntary and safe.”
A Summit between the Government and the Regions for supply in “Very fast times” for each Region the number of the first vaccinated subjects. “The first doses of the Pfizer covid vaccine will be delivered to the Regions in first fortnight of January “, reported the president of the Liguria Region Giovanni Toti. “We are organizing ourselves and as soon as the vaccine reaches the Regions we will be prepared to do so”, Toti guarantees.
Pfizer but not only … We will start with one first tranche of 10 million doses between January and March but, in total, Italy has already opted for more than 202 million doses. Pfizer has already received a green light from the US and UK FDA. The ok to the vaccine Modern instead, it should come from the FDA at the meeting scheduled to December 17 and, subsequently, the EMA must give its authorization at the meeting called for the12th of January. However, our country has made agreements also with other companiesand, for a total of more than 200 million doses, enough to potentially be able to vaccinate the entire population and maintain stocks. Italy, in fact, will be able to count on vaccines from Pfizer-BNT (which will provide 26.92 million total doses), AstraZeneca (40.38 million), Johnson & Johnson (53.84 million), Sanofi (40.38 million) , CureVac (30,285 million) and Moderna (10,768 million). Despite the announced delay for the production of Sanofi-Gsk (whose vaccine should arrive at the end of 2021), Italy should still have a sufficient coverage.
“Do not frustrate the sacrifices made so far” – The government confirms the firmness line and of caution In view of christmas holiday period. The minister hope, he said “worried during the two weeks of the Christmas holidays. If the message ‘free everyone’ passes, it will fall into a dangerous phase again in January and February, when we will be in the middle of the vaccination campaign ”. The position of the Minister of Regional Affairs is more decisive, Francesco Boccia: “If they want to remove the restrictions” on circulation “all Italian municipalities will find us quite the oppositeIf they want clarification for the small municipalities in the interior, Parliament has the means to do it, ”he said.
“My line is, and continues to be, that of prudence and I energetically reiterate – concluded Speranza – the need to don’t frustrate the sacrifices made“. Topic, that of Christmas restrictions, which could also be discussed during the summit between the government and the Regions scheduled for Saturday afternoon, when we will mainly speak vaccinations. “We are still in the most critical phase and – added Boccia – if in December the behavior is not rigorous, the risk of third wave it’s pretty safe. “So the appeal to Italians is”respect the rules and maintain maximum attention. “
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