Vaccini Astrazeneca, after the choice of Germany, and various other countries, the stop arrives also in Italy. L’Aifa has decided to extend the ban on the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine throughout the national territory. This decision, explains a press release from the agency, “was taken in line with similar measures adopted by other European countries”.
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Aifa, “in coordination with EMA and the other European countries, will jointly evaluate all the events that have been reported following the vaccination”. Finally, the Medicines Agency “will promptly announce each further information that should become available, including further modalities completion of the vaccination cycle for those who have already received the first dose “.
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The painful decision to block the vaccines was made after an interview between the Prime Minister Mario Draghi and the Minister of Health Roberto Speranza who throughout the day had talks with the health ministers of Germany, France and Spain. Meanwhile, the leader of the League Matteo Salvini returns to attack the EU. “AstraZeneca, another failure of Europe. Not only are the promised vaccines not arriving, but the authorized ones are suspended. But what are they doing in Brussels? Does the EMA have to wait until Thursday? Is the Italian government right to run for a national production,” and to contact other countries: run to check the reliability of the Sputnik vaccine, ask for help from India and Israel “.
Ema’s decision on Thursday
“Experts are examining in detail all available data and clinical circumstances surrounding specific cases to determine if the vaccine may have contributed or if it is likely that the event was due to other causes,” explains the EMA. “Ema’s safety committee (PRAC) will further review the information tomorrow (Tuesday n.d.r.) and called an extraordinary meeting Thursday 18 March to conclude the information gathered and any further action that may be needed. ”According to the EMA, however, the benefits of the AstraZeneca vaccine always outweigh the risks.
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The European front
In France was the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, to announce the suspension of the administration of the AstraZeneca vaccine until tomorrow, pending the opinion of theMom, the European Medicines Agency. Macron said “the decision (to discontinue the AstraZeneca vaccine n.d.r.) was taken in accordance with our European policy “.
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“We know the scope of this decision which was not taken lightly. But it is a factual decision and not a political one,” said the German health minister. Jens Spahn, announcing that the Germany has suspended the use of AstraZeneca temporarily. “It’s a decision made out of sheer caution.” “To maintain confidence in the vaccine we must give our experts the time to verify new cases and” clear away any risks “, he continued.” It must be clear – he added – that not vaccinating also entails risks “.
In the evening, Spain also decided to suspend vaccinations with AstraZeneca for 15 days as a precaution. The European executive has signed a contract with AstraZeneca (the first in a long series of agreements with pharmaceutical companies) which provides for the supply of 400 million doses to EU countries. Decision also followed by Luxembourg and Slovenia.
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The Aifa site taken by storm
The official website of Aifa, the Italian Medicines Agency, was stormed by users after the decision to block the vaccines of Astrazeneca and has long been unreachable. Here is the message that is coming to those who had to get vaccinated in the next few hours.
While the controversy rages on Astrazeneca, the extraordinary commissioner for the general emergency Francesco Paolo Figliuolo has signed a new ordinance which states that “any residual vaccine doses at the end of the day, if they cannot be stored, should be exceptionally administered, to optimize their use and avoid waste, in favor of subjects who are in any case available at the moment”. Naturally according to the order of priority identified by the vaccination plan.
His 2,196,000 doses of Astrazeneca vaccine delivered in Italy have been administered 1,093,800 million – according to data published by the government, 49.8% of those arrived in our country. The first doses of the Anglo-Swedish company’s serum were administered in Italy on February 11: 2,919 inoculations were made that day, while the peak was reached last Friday, with 64,684 doses administered.
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