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Yesterday morning he was awakened by a text message from the British Minister of Health, announcing the green light from Britain for the AstraZeneca vaccine. And at 8.30 Roberto Speranza I was already on the phone with Messenger Service to respond to the alarm about the delays with a “message of reasoned confidence”, call for “more money for health care in the Recovery” and launch an appeal to the parties: “Please avoid campaigning on vaccines, let’s not launch the battle of a Country in political chaos and we work together ».
Will the high school reopen safely on January 7?
«Returning to the classroom is our main objective. Of course, until vaccines produce an epidemiological impact on the population, the only thing that works are restrictive measures. The Rt index shows signs of recovery, after the Befana we will have to restore the risk bands model and confirm the basic measurements of the yellow areas ».
“Yes, restaurants and bars closed at 6 pm, swimming pools, gyms, cinemas, theaters, stadiums closed. We are still in the second wave, London is again taking very tough measures and we still have too many cases and too many deaths.
You had bet a lot on AstraZeneca, but the British beat us in time. When will the green light come?
«AstraZeneca is the vaccine that has the closest relationship with our country. I have the utmost confidence in Ema, but the delay is there and we ask for clarity. Safety is essential, but it is not trivial to know if you can have millions of doses of AstraZeneca in the first trimester or not.
‘The plan is still the one that I presented in Parliament with the final vote on communications. I hear a lot of controversy and I want to give a message, when the government does a serious job, measures decisions at the right time, taking stock two days before departure is crazy. We are a large country with a strong national health service. Many said that we would not go with the others, but that we did.
Between delays and doubts, do you have any certainty?
“Eight million doses of Pfizer within the first quarter are safe. I hope that on January 6th Ema will approve Moderna, 1.3 million doses. And if yes comes to AstraZeneca, many others may come, but the certainties have not yet come from Ema and this will undoubtedly reduce the number of availability in the short term. This is the truth”.
Is there to worry?
“I would say no, 225 million seems to me a significant figure and we are working to immediately administer 470 thousand weekly doses. Of the six vaccines purchased by the EU commission, Italy is entitled to 13.45%. We have 202 million, plus another 13.5 million Pfizer, half of which should come in the first half and the other half in the second. We are also working on another 10 million Moderna ”.
But without AstraZeneca things don’t add up.
“We will study the file of Great Britain. It is important for Ema to clarify the reasons for a possible different assessment by the English agency. In security we do not accept shortcuts, but with regard to planning such a serious vaccination campaign we must have a clear horizon.
We were also late with the injections. Is it the fault of the weather or are we doing things the Italian way?
“Italy has done things well and we will publish all the data in real time, region by region. It is not a question of who administers a thousand doses first, but of building a machine that allows millions of people to be vaccinated.
However, Germany is running, has bought more doses and manufactures 40,000 vaccines a day, while we are 9,803 in total. Is an Italian less protected than a German?
“Absolutely not. Now let’s accelerate too. I demand the strategy of the vaccine alliance at the initiative of Italy, France, Germany and the Netherlands. But I ask for a clarification. In article 7 of the agreement it is written that the countries renounce bilateral negotiations If they have been done, they will have subsequent delivery times compared to the EU agreements “.
Commissioner Arcuri is in the crosshairs, are you defending him?
“Of course, he was mistreated because the syringes cost more, but thanks to those syringes and the AIFA authorization on the use of the sixth dose, we recovered an extra 20% of Pfizer vaccine, which is worth several million euros.”
The government is divided on the obligation, will it evaluate it?
Voluntariness is the right choice. Because we still have limited doses and because we must not divide the country between enlightened scientists and dubious cavemen.
So, Italy will not make a registry of those who do not want to be vaccinated, as in Spain?
“We have the vaccination registry, but we don’t want to divide the country.”
Will no vax doctor be sanctioned or suspended?
“I receive encouraging reports from the Regions on the adherence of health personnel, which has been extraordinary and knows the damage caused by Covid. Voluntariness is the main route, as recognized by the Bioethics Committee, then we will evaluate the numbers and the possible exception for some segments, but only as a subordinate ».
Will herd immunity occur with 80% of those vaccinated?
Conte and you claimed to lead the EU country with the least infections. Why are we the ones with the most deaths now?
“The first-class attitude does not belong to us. We were the first to be affected, we have one of the oldest populations in the world, with many pathologies and also for that we pay a very high price. But the virus has affected the whole world, Germany yesterday recorded more than 1,100 deaths, Great Britain more than 900 and 50,000 cases. Please, let’s stop making rankings.
If Renzi breaks, what impact will the government crisis have on the vaccination campaign?
«It would be very serious to insert this campaign into political tensions. We have three key appointments, vaccines, recovery and the G20 presidency. I must face problems openly if necessary in Parliament. We need a government that functions in full power, not that is debated ”.
At the cost of torpedoing Conte?
December 31, 2020 (change December 31, 2020 | 09:30)
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