From June 12, vaccines for all ages, from XNUMX years onwards. In this regard, the commissioner for the Covid emergency Francesco Figliuolo is ready to unlock the Plan for adolescents and to definitively archive the age group system. System in part already violated by open day from various regions. With the start of the mass campaign that will start on June 3, the administration in various companies will also start. Furthermore, AIFA's approval is expected on Monday for the serum for children, after the approval already announced by the European Medicines Agency (EMA).
Vaccines for all ages
“I had already included adolescents in the Plan presented in March which - explains Figliuolo - also includes the class ranging from 12 to 15 years. A population of about 2,3 million young people ". For them the administration of Pfizer and at the moment a preferential channel on this band will not be indicated by the commissioner's offices. However, individual regions will be able to choose to organize inoculations through hubs, pharmacies, pediatricians or family doctors.
“This is an important novelty, also considering the reopening of schools in September”, according to the Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza. For this reason, the general's request to the governors is mandatory: "Before the start of the school year, the maximum possible coverage must be guaranteed for the entire student population that can be vaccinated".
Today's data
The new provisions of the commissioner for the Covid emergency are supported by data relating to the pandemic. Ministerial reports confirm that the virus is now significantly slowing down throughout the national territory. In fact, according to the data released by the Ministry of Health, the new positive cases of today are 2.949 (yesterday 3.351). The deaths of the last 24 hours are 44 (yesterday 83). I am 164.495 the molecular and antigenic swabs always carried out in the last 24 hours (yesterday 247.330). Covid patients admitted to intensive care are 1.061 (yesterday 1.095). In home isolation they remain 230.644 people infected with the virus (yesterday they were 234.071). The discharged healed today are 6.574 (yesterday 7.569) while the currently positive cases are 238.296 (yesterday 241.966).
