Fear of the vaccine AstraZeneca apparently it hasn't caught on. Vaccinations resumed on Friday afternoon in all Italian regions. The special emergency commissioner Francesco Paolo Figliuolo and the head of civil protection Fabrizio Curcio yesterday they received the first dose of the Anglo-Swedish vaccine. The two showed up at the Cecchignola vaccination point at 10 am. After signing the informed consent form, having received the first dose, they waited fifteen minutes after the injection, as required by the health protocol. At the exit they told reporters: "Everything is alright". A gesture that of the two senior officials in charge of managing the health emergency to reassure the population and avert the much feared cancellations. After the reassurances of the EMA, Son he explains: "We had an estimate of 20% waivers in some Regions, 10% for others and many Regions, such as Lazio, no waivers, so the differential is around zero". The campaign proceeds and is the time to shift into a new gear. To do this, the general of the Alpine troops is aiming for 500 daily doses from mid-April, when Johnson & Johnson will arrive, and to reach the end of the summer with 80% of people immunized.
"The message to be given is that we need to get the vaccine because we protect ourselves and others“, Are the words of the head of civil protection Fabrizio Curcio, which underlines the good dialogue between all the actors involved in the campaign. The number of vaccination points has grown by 25% since the beginning of March and with the restart of AstraZeneca and the forthcoming arrival of the fourth approved vaccine, everything suggests that it will be able to accelerate. The deliveries node remains, but the much-needed upgrading of supplies should be triggered in the next quarter.
Meanwhile, 333.600 doses of Modern in the national defense hub, at the military airport of Sea practice.This is the largest batch of Moderna purchased so far. And a further 279 doses are expected next Thursday AstraZeneca, after the stop this week. Finally, on the front Sputnik, news comes from Spallanzani where in a few days a first agreement will be signed for a scientific experimentation of the Russian vaccine, pending formal authorization from the EMA.