Accelerate the vaccination campaign with the aim of reaching half a million doses per day, give priority to the elderly and the frail (even if “some Regions neglect their elderly”), work with European partners to achieve EU autonomy on vaccine production. And above all, plan an exit strategy on the reopening front, starting with the schools, which if the epidemiological conditions allow it could reopen again after Easter. Mario Draghi illustrates to the Senate the position that the government will bring to the table of the summit of heads of state and government which will meet tomorrow by videoconference, speaks of “full involvement of Parliament”, expresses “strong satisfaction with the participation of the President of the United States , Joe Biden “to the European Council and does not spare a blow to the Regions some of which” neglect their elders in favor of groups that have priority probably on the basis of some of their contractual strength “.
Draghi’s intervention is almost entirely centered on the vaccination campaign one year after the virus outbreak: “we must do everything possible for a full and rapid solution to the health crisis – says the premier – we know how to do it: we have four vaccines. safe and effective. Three are already being administered, while a fourth, Johnson & Johnson, will be available from April. Now our common goal must now be to vaccinate as many people as possible, as quickly as possible. ” The premier’s message is “one of trust”, “in recent weeks the government is determined to carry out the vaccination campaign with maximum intensity. And we are already working to compensate for the delays of recent months”, he adds. “The acceleration is already visible in the data – claims Draghi – in the first three weeks of March, the average daily administration was almost 170 thousand doses per day, more than double that in the previous two months” despite the temporary blockade of AstraZeneca , partially offset by an increase in vaccinations with Pfizer. “But our goal is to quickly bring the rate of administration to half a million per day,” he announces.