“The 469.950 doses of the vaccine will arrive on the Italian territory in the late evening of today. The company will then proceed directly with the delivery, starting from tomorrow morning, at the administration sites identified by the commissioner in agreement with the Regions ". This was communicated by the structure of the emergency commissioner covid, Domenico Arcuri, specifying that “Pfizer has just communicated to the commissioner's offices a different schedule for the delivery of vaccines in Italy.
Delivery scheduled for this week from the contract signed with theEuropean Union". Distribution will also continue on December 31st. Meanwhile, according to ministerial data, the new infected today are 11.212 (yesterday 8.585) while the new deaths are 659 (yesterday 445). The discharged healed are 17.044 (14.675) and overall the positive cases are 568.728, 6493 fewer than yesterday.
Vaccine doses coming in large quantities
Stocks of approximately 470 doses of Pfizer vaccine are expected to arrive on board six aircraft tonight, which will land in as many different airports in the country, including those of Milan and Rome. The vaccine delivery chain, whose shipment on the Italian territory is managed by a German company, also provides for widespread distribution. Distribution carried out directly by the pharmaceutical company in the first 203 administration sites in the various regions. The first phase of the campaign concerns the healthcare personnel and guests of the nursing homes.
Six people can be vaccinated with one vial
From each vial of Pfizer-Biontech anti-Covid vaccine it is possible to obtain 6 doses and not 5: this is specified by the Italian Medicines Agency (Aifa) on its website. The vaccine dose for each person is 0,3mm, which must be withdrawn under aseptic conditions and using appropriate precision syringes, from a vaccine vial containing 2,25mm, after the intended dilution with sodium chloride solution. at 0,9%. In this way, explains Sifo (Italian Society of Hospital Pharmacy), "with a thousand vials, 6 thousand people can be treated instead of 5 thousand". “In this way - adds Sifo - vaccination coverage is immediately broader and more widespread, also creating a considerable economy of scale.
Every center authorized to vaccinate Italian citizens must be aware of this and act accordingly ". AIFA specifies that the goal is to use all the product available in each vial to avoid any waste, in accordance with the provisions of the technical-scientific commission of the agency. Furthermore, there is a need to ensure the administration of the correct 0.3 mm quantity to each vaccinated subject through the use of adequate syringes. And, again it is specified that it is possible to have at least 1 additional dose with respect to the 5 doses declared in the summary of product characteristics ". Any residues of different vials, even of the same lot number, should not be mixed.
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