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Covid-19, over two hundred positives. Vaccines, part of the anti-flu campaign

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LECCE – Today’s regional bulletin records 210 new cases of positivity to Covid-19 on a still considerable number of tests processed, exactly 20,532 with a daily rate that therefore stands at 1 percent. Since the beginning of the pandemic in Puglia, over 4 million swabs have been performed to ascertain the positivity to the coronavirus. There are also three new deaths to contemplate.

Of the more than two hundred cases of contagion loaded into the database, 22 were detected in the province of Bari, three in the province of Bat, 30 in the province of Brindisi, 60 in the province of Foggia, 53 in the province of Lecce and 39 in the province of Taranto. Three other cases concern residents from outside the region.

The number of people currently positive goes back to 2,160 (yesterday the report indicated 2,063). The number of patients admitted to hospital, with symptoms and in non-critical areas, remains almost stable. From 132 yesterday, it has gone up to 127 recorded today. While the most serious patients, in intensive care, are 16.

The total healed subjects have been, up to now, 262,141, while the total cases of contagion, since the beginning of the pandemic, have reached the quota of 271,126 of which 31,666 those detected in the province of Lecce.

Anti-covid vaccines update

According to the latest data, updated at 6 am today, and relating to the national government report, 6,013,612 doses of anti-covid vaccine have been administered to date in Puglia. These doses represent 87.5 percent of those delivered by the national emergency commissioner, which up to now totaled 6,874,689.

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Since the beginning of the vaccination campaign 1,153,801 doses of vaccine have been administered to citizens residing in the province of Lecce, of which 582,822 first doses, 542,649 second doses, 21,330 single doses and 7 thousand third doses.

With respect to the distribution by age group: 87,902 were administered in the 12-19 range, 118,015 in the 20-29 range, 122,778 in the 30-39 range, 175,342 in the 40-49 range, 195,074 in the 50-59 range, 176,537 in the 60 range -69, 156,428 in the 70-79 range, 98,852 in the 80-89 range, and 22,873 in the over 90 range. The vaccination campaign continues with 2,319 administrations carried out yesterday between hubs, health centers and by general practitioners.

The flu campaign starts

Not only covid, in fact, the vaccination campaign against seasonal flu is in full swing throughout the Apulian territory. A circular signed by the councilor for health, Pier Luigi Lopalco and by the director of the Health department, Vito Montanaro, in fact, provides the operational indications for vaccinations for the 2021-2022 season.

The campaign, reads the device, “is fundamental because the health emergency from Covid-19 requires strengthening measures aimed at continually improving the response capacity of the health system. In the presence of co-circulation of Covid-19 viruses and seasonal flu – it is written – it is necessary to reiterate the importance of vaccination to simplify the diagnosis and management of suspected cases “.

The circular envisages the obligations of information and promotion of vaccinations at all levels of the regional health service.

The offer will be active for adults over the age of 50 at the highest risk and for those hospitalized in long-term care facilities or home care, with priority given to pregnant women, people with pathologies at risk of complications and children from 6 months to 6 years, as well as for all categories most at risk of complications in case of flu. In the Puglia Region, there is an obligation to vaccinate health workers.

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The Region has purchased one million and 600 thousand doses of vaccine to be distributed: the offer must be guaranteed starting from the actual availability by the Local Health Authorities, with priority to health workers, subjects at risk, chronic ones in charge of the networks, patients admitted to hospitals or RSAs. During vaccination, the administration of pneumococcal or anti herpes zoster vaccines may also be recommended.

Pending the regional agreement with pharmacies, general practitioners and pediatricians will collect the doses for their patients, by going to the districts or local health authorities. Local health authorities will also be able to use the vaccination hubs already equipped for the covid vaccine and all the activated vaccine networks, also in the perspective connected to the recall of the anti-covid vaccination. For the non-ambulatory, doctors and pediatricians will guarantee home vaccination.

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