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Dear manager,
I am happy to answer the questions that Antonio Scurati asked me yesterday from his newspaper. Not because “I expect them”, but because it is a duty to readers and an unmissable opportunity to clarify the vaccination plan.
To vaccinate the maximum number of Italian citizens An adequate number of vaccines, an efficient logistical and organizational plan, and structures capable of administering the two doses quickly and at the correct interval in the shortest possible time are required. Let’s start with vaccines. Italy has promoted a centralized system, giving the EU the responsibility of negotiating with manufacturing companies, buying the maximum possible number of doses and distributing them among member countries as a percentage of the population. We have 13.46%. Not only that: all countries have agreed not to make direct purchases. It was and is a beautiful page of Europe. Vaccines have been chosen from 6 companies that would bring 178 million doses to Italy this year and 48 in 2022. Then, the European certification authority, Ema, and the Italian, Aifa, must authorize the placing on the market. To date, the EMA has only licensed the vaccine produced by Pfizer-Biontech. In the next few days, we are all encouraging Moderna to be authorized. This year, Italy is entitled to 40 million doses of Pfizer: starting with 2,349,750 in January and 1,879,800 in February, with a frequency of 470,000 doses per week. Here is the answer to the first question.: Pfizer is the only company authorized to market its own vaccine; distributes it to EU countries as a percentage of their population; Italy is entitled to 13.46%; therefore, we receive 470 thousand weekly doses. We would be the first to want many more. Thus We hope Modern: it would be another 20 million doses for Italy.
After the symbolic vaccination day of December 27, the first stock arrived five days ago. The articulated logistical and organizational plan that we have developed has been activated. Within hours, the vaccines, along with syringes, needles, and diluents, were delivered to the 293 vaccination sites. That depends on the Regions. It would be enough to go to our site that informs citizens about the progress of the vaccination campaign to find out the addresses of these centers. The vaccination plan was approved by Parliament on December 2. It contains some important decisions.
The vaccine is free for everyone and is not mandatory for anyone. The categories of citizens to be vaccinated over time are identified according to two parameters: the level of potential exposure to contagion and frailty. First, the health and social-health personnel of the hospitals, with the aim of making our hospitals “free of Covid”, as well as the staff and guests of the RSA, so that they are never the scene of those terrible outbreaks again. one thousand people we plan to give both doses to within the next month. In February we will be dating people over 80, more than 4 million. Then, people over the age of 60-80, law enforcement, teachers and school personnel, essential public service providers, local public transportation operators, prison staff and prisoners will be vaccinated. And finally, the rest of the population. Millions of doses will be needed (up to 120 for all Italians) and when there are, it will be released the mass vaccination campaign, which we hope to conclude in the fall. The administration points will become 1,500, one for every 40 thousand inhabitants. The information system will be fully operational and will be used to reserve, manage the administration, its accountability and drug surveillance. So why are the behaviors of the regions at the time of administration currently asymmetric? In some cases, were 50% of the doses received used, in another 3%? Only 4 days have passed since the start of the campaign, it is very early and it would be essential to make the final balance. I am sure that the spirit of collaboration we have established will quickly lead to the elimination of these asymmetries. And if this is not the case, I certainly will not exempt from reporting it.
In these first weeks the recipients of the vaccines They are doctors, nurses and RSA. So we need reinforcements. We launched a public “call” and received 22,000 applications from doctors and nurses. Four days ago it came into force the rule that allows us to activate them. The former will be trained and sent to the territories at the end of the month. To achieve fatal herd immunity, you need vaccines, a plan, and the ability to deliver them quickly. No abstractions or prejudices are needed. Because, I’m sure, we all want to get out of this tunnel. Beyond everyone’s roles. And that epic of rebirth and regeneration is not enough to invoke it. We all have to help make this happen.
January 4, 2021 (change January 4, 2021 | 11:15 pm)
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