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Latest December 28th he had gone to Palermo to receive the first dose of the anti-Covid vaccine. The director of the department of Infectious diseases of the hospital Umberto I of Syracuse, Antonella Franco, tested positive yesterday for the virus. News that, experts say, should not alarm. “Immunological protection is complete only after the administration of the second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine,” specifies the president of the Superior Council of Health. Franco Locatelli. “In scientific articles – he observes – it is clearly reported that even in clinical studies people have become infected after the first dose precisely because the immune response is not yet fully protective. And it becomes like this only after the second dose. This is one of the reasons for not abandoning responsible behavior after vaccination. ‘
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In addition, it is suspected that the doctor, one of the first in Sicily to receive the vaccine, could already have the asymptomatic infection in incubation. Dr. Franco is part of the group of health workers at the forefront of the fight against Coronavirus. And for her role, the medical director was continually cleansed and elected to the first administrations. There would be no other similar cases at the moment among the Syracusan doctors and nurses who went to Palermo with the same bus as the colleague to receive the first dose of the vaccine.
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In any case, the provincial health authority has initiated controls between operators, family members and those who have come into contact with health personnel. “I tested positive for Covid, but I would have the vaccine again and I will withdraw, which represents the only great opportunity we have to win this battle. If I had not done it, the virus without being disturbed would have done me irreversible damage,” he said . Antonella Franco, currently hospitalized in her own ward. “The vaccine, which produces a Spike protein that helps form anti-coronavirus antibodies and blocks the virulent progression of the virus, will help block viral replication and will contain the pathogenic effects of the virus. I assure you, “he explained,” that before getting the vaccine I had made more than one swab, but it is most likely that the virus was still in incubation. ” Meanwhile, the administration of the vaccine to the health personnel of the ASP of Syracuse continues. After the Umberto I hospital, where in 48 hours a good percentage of doctors and nurses from the Covid Center, emergency rooms, resuscitation room and other departments, especially in the emergency area, have also been vaccinated, also the hospitals of Lentini, Avola / Noto and Augusta received the doses assigned to them.
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