Rome, May 13 (beraking latest news Salute) – Over 5.6 million over 60s still have zero doses of anti-Covid vaccines. This is highlighted by the Gimbe Foundation, in the independent weekly monitoring of the epidemiological situation and the progress of the vaccination campaign in our country. According to the report, coverage of over 60s is overall insufficient: in fact, if only 9.9% of over 80s (439,599) did not receive even a dose, the percentage rises to 25.9% in the 70-79 range (1,548 .525) and 49.6% for that 60-69 years (3,650,078). Over 5.6 million people at high risk of hospitalization, therefore – Gimbe points out – are still totally uncovered by vaccination protection.
“In the face of such high percentages of over 60s not yet covered by the first dose – says Nino Cartabellotta, President of the Gimbe Foundation – on the one hand the Regions are offered to open up to 40 years in order not to slow down the administration, disclose the numbers of non-adhesions and selective refusals of AstraZeneca, which have ‘forced’ us to extend the interval of the second dose of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines up to 42 days with the sole aim of making up for the lack of doses of mRna vaccines ” . “Beyond the delays and irregularities of AstraZeneca’s deliveries – notes Cartabellotta – so far Johnson & Johnson has delivered only ‘crumbs’ and over 7 million CureVac doses remain bound to the approval times of the EMA. In other words, also taking into account of the small number of doses of Moderna, the vaccination campaign in Italy is increasingly Pfizer-dependent “.
According to the Gimbe Foundation, moreover, “considering that the vaccination campaign is entering a phase conditioned by the participation of the population, it is necessary to integrate the voluntary booking with an active call system, involving family doctors in a systematic and widespread manner and putting field an adequate institutional communication campaign and individual persuasion strategies “.
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