Priority to over 70, seriously ill and caregivers. Rezza: 240 thousand injections a day, normal in 7-13 months. Tomorrow yes to J&J, resized rumors of delays: in Italy 6.5 million doses by April 3
by Marzio Bartoloni
Priority to over 70, seriously ill and caregivers. Rezza: 240 thousand injections a day, normal in 7-13 months. Tomorrow yes to J&J, resized rumors of delays: in Italy 6.5 million doses by April 3
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First of all, the raw material: if everything goes smoothly, there will be just over 43 million doses between April and June. Triple the first three months, a dowry enough to try to triple the pace of injections, bringing them from 100,000 to 300,000 a day. According to Gianni Rezza, director of the Ministry of Health, if we proceed with at least 240 thousand vaccinations “we will return to normal within 7-13 months”. Then we need vaccinators: after the half flop of the announcement of the former Commissioner Arcuri who hired 7,300 operators (4,600 doctors and only 2,500 nurses) and the red tape (agreements are lacking in half the regions) to involve the 40 thousand family doctors, including who are reluctant to participate, the hunt for vaccinators has begun for the mass campaign to be launched in April.
And the turning point could come from an audience of outsiders of over 300 thousand operators: above all young doctors and nurses who already work in hospitals and to pay the overtime hours, but the dentists. Fresh forces on which the Ministry of Health is increasingly thinking of drawing on to start phase two.
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The unknowns are certainly not lacking: yesterday the news spread of a delay in the deliveries of the new single-dose serum from Johnson & Johnson, to which EMA will give the green light on Thursday. The American company in the evening however assured that it will maintain its commitments with the EU and to Italy it will supply 6.5 million doses at the beginning of April which will be added to the 36.8 million of the other companies by June. «I’m not worried about the target we have for the second quarter. We know that some will do better and some will be late ”, the EU Commissioner for the Internal Market, Thierry Breton explained yesterday, adding that“ the EU has many ways available if something goes wrong ”. The reference is the block on the export of doses produced in the EU as already happened for those of AstraZeneca.
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