Rome, 23 March 2021 – Regarding an extension of the close anti-contagion even after Easter, in the meeting today at Palazzo Chigi, was not taken no final decision, said the Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza, on the Cartabianca broadcast on Rai3. “No decision has been made at this time, we will discuss in the coming days and make the decisions. Today we have analyzed the curve but we have not discussed the mìsure and there is no decision that goes in this direction. ” new law decree with the anti-contagion measures from Covid, which will expire on April 6. One of the hypotheses that the government is working on is that of a ‘mini-extension’ of the tight anti contagion from 6 to 11 April.
Covid Italy Bulletin of 23 March
Delicate phase due to the English variant
“They got out completely partial information. The English variant has significantly increased the number of infections and in recent days this positive curve is flattening slightly but that of deaths and hospitalizations is much slower. We are in a difficult phase, many Italians are still in the red zone because the epidemic is still very strong, the English variant is prevalent and has a 35/40% greater ability to run than the virus of the previous months. For this reason, still rigorous measures have been taken. “So a decision to be evaluated according to the progress of the epidemic: “The hope is that these measures will bring the effects in the next few days, we see some very first signs, combined with a vaccination campaign we can open a different season “.
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Vaccines: pressure on pharmaceutical companies
“The contracts we have signed are clear: we will have 4 million doses by the end of March and then there will be a significant acceleration with 50 million doses in the second quarter and 80 million in the third quarter. We must continue to put as much pressure on companies as possible. pharmaceutical companies to respect these commitments “, explained the minister speaking of the vaccination campaign. And he added: “Even if there were some difficulties, these large numbers still allow us to run much more”.
Regions must comply with the vaccination plan
“We have to avoid controversy, the vaccination campaign is the heritage of this country “, reiterated Speranza after explaining what he expects from the Regions:” The national vaccination plan has been approved by all regions and that plan must be expected. We started from health personnel and RSAs and the other priority is the over-80s. But when AstraZeneca had an age restriction we activated other categories such as teachers to not keep the doses fixed, but the rules are clear and approved by all the presidents of the regions “.
Vaccines: Sputnik if there is ok Ema
“I believe that we need all the vaccines as long as they are effective and safe and it must be said by the EU and Italian regulatory agencies. So we must not be prejudiced because it would not make sense. If the EMA says that it is safe to me a vaccine is good whether it is American, European or Russian “, the Minister of Health does not exclude the possibility of using the Russian vaccine, of course the green light of the European drug agency will be needed, that as early as March 4 has started the process of “continuous review”, and on April 10 will send Russia its experts to supervise the clinical studies carried out, all within the framework of the procedure for the authorization of the Russian vaccine.
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