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The vaccination campaign against the coronavirus began on Sunday throughout the European Union, almost simultaneously, by decision of the European Commission. In Italy, the first 9,750 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine crossed the border on Friday, Christmas Day, and arrived in Rome escorted by the Carabinieri on Saturday morning. This first day was defined as “symbolic” by the coronavirus emergency commissioner, Domenico Arcuri: the real campaign will begin next week, when Pfizer will deliver another 470,000 doses of the vaccine.
The first five Italians to receive the vaccine were infectious doctors Alessandra Vergori and Alessandra D’Abramo, professor Maria Rosaria Capobianchi, nurse Claudia Alivernini, and health social worker Omar Altobelli. All received the administration of the vaccine at the Spallanzani institute in Rome, where a press conference was later organized in which the Minister of Health Roberto Speranza, the president of the Lazio region Nicola Zingaretti and Commissioner Arcuri participated.
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