The anti-Covid vaccines begin at the Dimiccoli hospital in Barletta

The start of the vaccination campaign was expected in January, Puglia was ahead of the times starting Phase 1 today. 26 vaccination points activated throughout the region, 1,558 doses administered on this first day, triple the number on V-Day on December 27.

The vaccines, which arrived yesterday in Puglia, were distributed in the 11 regional centers and were taken and stored, guaranteeing the cold chain, by the staff of the hospital pharmacies. Storage takes place in a deep freezer at -80 degrees.

“From the hub, the pharmacies prepared all the packages that were immediately distributed to the peripheral centers – explains Health Councilor Pier Luigi Lopalco – From the province of Foggia to the province of Lecce, throughout the region, we left at the same time this morning . There are over 1500 doses to administer today. It is an important number considering that it is only the exit. In the next few days we intend to streamline this administration, because the objective is to complete most of the vaccines that have been sent in this first section of about 30 thousand ”.

“Today we begin with the health workers and residents of the RSA – adds Lopalco – both health workers and the elderly living in residential structures are part of this first round of vaccination. They are the ones in the front line and the most fragile and susceptible. of serious illness. In the context of health workers, the regional control room has also established 4 groups of priorities, in relation to the risks of individual exposure “.

Even Commissioner Pier Luigi Lopalco, as a doctor, has reserved today to be vaccinated together with the health personnel. “I hope that our example – Lopalco declares – will induce health workers who have not yet joined the vaccination campaign to do so immediately. The path of science and medicine is what will get us out of this pandemic. Now is the time to act, to show responsibility and efficiency, I cannot hide the emotion I felt when being in line with the nurses, the 118 operators, the doctors, the administrative personnel who work in the health sector, in short, those who They are fighting for months against the covid each one in their role and without sparing. I feel part of a united team that is really giving everything for the common good ”.