Covid: Health San Marino promotes Sputnik, ‘positive opinion, Italy can trust’

Rome, March 29 (beraking latest news Salute) – Vaccinations are running in the Republic of San Marino also thanks to the Sputnik vaccine. “We have already had 9,860 vaccinations, 7,400 with Sputnik. That’s 8,607 for the first dose. The judgment on the Russian vaccine is objective and positive, even if it is too early for a final consideration. But it is a vaccine that can be trusted. now the adverse effects were limited and mild, in line with those of the other vaccines (3-4%). ​​Mostly flu-like syndromes, asthenia, headaches, lasting 24-48 hours maximum 72 hours. We only had an allergic reaction that resolved with the administration of a cortisone antihistamine and the patient kept under observation “. Sergio Rabini, health director of the San Marino hospital and head of State Health on Mount Titano explains this to beraking latest news Health, taking stock of the vaccination campaign.

“To date we have covered 27% of the population with immunizations – he reports – and we have recently started with the reservations of the 16-17 year old group who will be vaccinated with Pfizer, the other vaccine we are using together with Sputnik”.

But how did the agreement between San Marino and Russia for the export of the vaccine come about? “In January we signed a memorandum with the Italian government that provided for a dose for us every 1,700 who arrived in Italy. Then there were delays, slowdowns and therefore the EU found itself having a very low quantity of doses and we too suffered in San Marino. We found ourselves in mid-February seriously late compared to other countries. So, given the excellent relations we have with Russia, we thought of Sputnik “, says Rabini.

“We analyzed the scientific evidence on the Russian vaccine and the goodness of the fact that, at the time, it was already in use in 30 countries – continues Rabini – We do not have an agency like Aifa, our Scientific Technical Commission asked the Russian authorities to be able to have 7,500 vaccines that arrived in a short time. There were videoconferences with the Russian experts and then the doses arrived on February 23. We also trusted the studies published ‘Lancet’ and the Inmi Spallanzani of Rome which well spoken of the vaccine. At the moment everything is going well “.

Now the goal of San Marino “is to vaccinate 80% of the population (about 33 thousand inhabitants) by the summer, hopefully between June or July at the latest”, concludes the head of health.