Rome, June 19, 2021 – Covid, in the race against the spread of Delta variant (symptoms here) – which also worries Italy given the growing data of Russia, Great Britain and China – the Ministry of Health plays the card of Johnson & Johnson single-dose vaccine (Janssen) to be able to immunize quickly and effectively, even among the under 60s, migrants, homeless or residing in hard-to-reach places and in general “populations that are not permanent or characterized by high labor mobility”. In short, people who would be more difficult to identify at the health level e trace back in the case of a second dose. The aim is the usual one, to guarantee maximum vaccination coverage.
As for the vaccination campaign in general, the general Calm son: “The deliveries of doses of Pzifer of the month of July, budgeted to the Regions, although they are slightly lower the hopes are substantially in line with forecasts. They should not be compared with those of June which included advances on supplies. For this reason, the overall quantity of vaccines available by September will still allow to reach the target of immunize 80% of the audience on time of vaccinables “.
Figliuolo a Regioni: “Looking for over 60s not yet covered”
The Covid bulletin of June 19
Summary:
Goals set in a circular from the ministry, which first of all puts pen to paper what has already been announced by the premier Mario Draghi (VIDEO), after the opinion provided by the Scientific Technical Committee on heterologous administration. Referring to people who are under sixty and have taken the first dose with Astrazeneca, the document explains that – even if the priority indication is still the second dose with an mRna vaccine – whoever wants to can do the recall with AstraZeneca after signing an informed consent. Two possible options and maximum flexibility, therefore, as long as you do not stop only at the first shot, thus nullifying the vaccination.
Rather. “The risks associated with the partial protection they can hire further danger in epidemiological contexts characterized by a high circulation of variants such as the Delta variant “- explains the CTS in the report in which he provided his opinion on the issue – because” on the basis of the available evidence, the protection conferred by a single dose of Vaxzevria is partial, being very significantly increased by the administration of a second dose (booster) “.
AstraZeneca, second dose for under 60: yes from the ministry. Here are the conditions
The Minister for Regional Affairs, Mariastella Gelmini assures that the governors have also acknowledged the indications: “the Regions have aligned, the commissarial management of General Figliuolo is giving precise indications, we are absolutely confident. “If on the one hand we hope to have dispelled the doubts of that 10% of under 60 who harbored doubts about the mix of doses, now the requests of those over sixty who received the first with Astrazeneca and are now asking to have the recall with Pfizer. In the latter case, however – they let the ministry know – it will be necessary to have the consent of your doctor, to verify the conditions of the effective need for the second shot with the mRna serum.
As for the Janssen vaccine, in general it remains recommended “for age subjects over 60 years“But the single-dose could also be an effective support to ensure complete immunization to the so-called groups “hard to reach”, difficult to reach. Some of these unintentionally they escape databases because they are ‘invisible’ to regional structures: it is about 500mila individuals including some homeless who move around the country. Others, on the other hand, are permanent, the welfare structures know who they are and therefore the ordinary rules apply to them. Still others simply live in inaccessible places like mountains or islands with scarce services: for them there are already about fifty defense task forces active in eleven regions.
Meanwhile, the vaccination campaign in large companies has also gotten into gear. Tod’s speaks of “good adhesion” for its employees, where in the headquarters of Casette d’Ete, in the Marche region, the staff underwent the inoculations in a sort of open day organized in the workplace in a vaccination point set up in the canteen.
In Lazio, on the vaccination front, the due Junior Day Pfizer of the band 12/16 years. The total of 40 thousand children who will have received the first dose of Pfizer vaccine will be reached. The recalls of these 40 thousand will be made at 21 days, in the same hubs as the first dose. Those who have not joined the two junior days will be able to get vaccinated at the pediatricians of free choice, says the councilor for health of Lazio Alessio D’Amato. In Lazio, as regards Astrazeneca, the application of the ministerial circular relating to the second dose has already begun. Today the 4.6 million doses administered since the start of the vaccination campaign have been exceeded, of which 2.9 million first doses.
“Let’s take back the taste of the future, with the vaccine we win together”: with this slogan the communication campaign on vaccines started today, with two commercials broadcast by Rai. Testimonials are familiar faces, from Amadeus to Federica Pellegrini, from Paolo Bonolis to Roberto Mancini, and normal people. “The invitation to the citizens of the campaign of the Presidency of the Council, in collaboration with the Publishing Department, is to pass the message that with the vaccination campaign you can return to life, start again”, explains Undersecretary Giuseppe Moles. “The symbol is the V of vaccine, life, victory”. In the commercials, which will also be disseminated on other media and social channels, two fingers appear to form a V.
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