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On average, in this first phase, according to data from the Center for Fimmg Studies, the Italian Federation of Family Physicians, each doctor administered 242 doses to the same number of patients.
Tommasa Maio, head of the vaccines department at Fimmg, explains that the Regions of Campania, Lazio, Liguria, Sardinia and Sicily and the Autonomous Province of Trento were the first to start the vaccination campaign in the first ten days of October. Most of the other regions began their campaign between the second and third week of October. Piedmont, finally, started on the 26th. “To date, the doses that have been delivered to the doctors have almost all been administered – says Maio -. Family doctors have worked very hard and they need others – he adds – Not only do they have the right, but they need them because there are patients who press for vaccination ”.
The appeal of pharmacies According to Federfarma, the situation in pharmacies is “irregular” and continues to be critical in several regions. In Lazio, Emilia-Romagna and Liguria it is possible to find flu flu in pharmacies. The secretary of the Federation of Pharmacists, Roberto Tobia, asks the other Regions to comply “in accordance with the provisions of the State-Regions Conference”, which assigned them a participation of 1.5% of the total doses of the vaccination plan and evaluate, jointly for the ministry and AIFA, “the possibility of importing doses from abroad.”
“The amount we thought we had in the pharmacy was around 2 million doses, given that last year 900 thousand doses were dispensed,” adds the secretary of Federfarma-. The 1.5% promise manages to cover about 250 thousand doses. . Pharmacies are full of customer inquiries and reservations. ”
The case of Lombardy The Region, compared to the others, moved at the beginning of September to buy the doses and this had an impact on the distribution. According to Corriere della Sera, 2 million and 780 thousand flu vaccines have been ordered, but so far 792 thousand have been delivered. A note from the Ministry of Health, however, tries to reassure operators and citizens, guaranteeing that “general practitioners will be able to reserve and collect the first tranche of doses of vaccines intended for people over 65 as of November 18”.
The vaccine is recommended between 6 months and 6 years and over 60 years. Regions sold 1.5% of its inventory to pharmacies for risk-free categories.
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