By mid-May, Capri Covid-free will no longer be an idea but a reality. This is what was promised by Vincenzo De Luca, the president of the Campania Region. Who stated: "We will carry out a worldwide promotion campaign because Capri free from Covid is an attraction for all of Italy".
Capri Covid-free, De Luca's idea for tourism
There is not only talk of Capri Covid-free, in Campania, but of amass immunization for all tourist locations of the region. During the Facebook live broadcast on Friday 30 April, De Luca talked about mass vaccinations also in Procida and ad Ischia, and the opening of a vaccination hub at Capodichino. Promising to administer 6 thousand vaccines a day, 8 thousand if they arrive. The goal is to ensure the citizens of the island and tourists the certainty of continuing to have an island free from infections, especially in the summer. "After Capri we will give priority to the tourist categories of other areas such as Cilento and the Sorrento Coast"Promised De Luca. Who then explained how for Capri the focus is onimmunization by July. Not only the tourism-hotel sector will be secured, but the entire city. Of course, it will all depend on when the vaccines arrive.
"If the yellow zone is understood as irresponsible nightlife, in two weeks we will not become the orange zone but the red zone. What happens will depend 50% on our behavior and the other 50% on the vaccine campaign. If we hold ourselves accountable, we will have a summer of liberation”Commented the governor of Campania. To then ask Draghi that Campania and the entire South be treated equally, both in the distribution of vaccines and in the distribution of the resources of the national health fund.
The other Covid-free islands
Di Covid-free islandsafter all, in Italy we have been talking for some time. And Capri Covid-free will not be the exception, in this first summer with anti-Covid vaccines available. By the first days of May, the entire population over 18's Procida will be vaccinated, and even the youngest will receive the Johnson & Johnson serum (the only modonose authorized in Europe). "Our request to be a Covid Free island is not only linked only to tourism, but in particular to health issue. For us, transporting a Covid patient to dry land is difficult and expensive, so the request arises from our fragility”Commented Mayor Raimondo Ambrosino.
On Monday 3 May, vaccinations also start in the islands of Ponza and Ventotene. And there are several islands that aim for mass vaccination. However, not everyone likes the concept of Covid-free islands. Stefania Salmaso, epidemiologist of the Italian Association of Epidemiology, during the program “Agorà” on Rai 3 explained how the theoretical bases are scarce, for various reasons. First of all because, not being able to vaccinate children and those under 16, the virus can continue to circulate between them. Furthermore, he explained, vaccines are very effective but are not 100% effective.
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