The new squeeze on over 50s accelerates third doses in the region

In 7 days 27 thousand calls. The impact on the first vaccinations is less evident for now: about 500

UDINE. The race against Covid, warns the vice president of the Region Riccardo Riccardi, can be won with the third dose, an indispensable safeguard to contain the highly contagious Omicron variant, but above all hospitalizations, up 17% in January in Friuli Venezia Giulia.

In the first week of 2022 there were over 46 thousand administrations between additional supplements for fragile subjects and boosters, of which over 27 thousand in the age groups between 50 and 79 years, the most urged to comply given the further tightening of the government, complete with vaccination obligations for over 50s.

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