Italy is preparing to emerge from the emergency and to leave again. “December must be the month that makes us secure the country without making a national lockdown. Within 15 days all of Italy or most of the country will be the yellow zone. We think of specific restrictions for the period of the holidays that do not make us relax our behavior. On January 7, the country will restart, with a major vaccine campaign ".
Thus the Minister for Regional Affairs Francesco Boccia who added: "The vaccine will not be mandatory, but certainly recommended". Meanwhile, according to the data released by the Ministry of Health in the last 24 hours they have been recorded 20709 new positive cases (yesterday 19.350). Overall, the positive cases from the beginning of the pandemic to today are 761.230, the current positives are 18.715 less than yesterday. The new deaths are 684 (yesterday 785) while they remain in intensive care 3616 people (-47). The increase in tampons is 207. 143 (yesterday 182.100). The best news comes from the number of healed and discharged, well 38.740, a record since the beginning of the pandemic!
Italy restarts from 7 January
"The purchase of the vaccine is centralized and will be administered free of charge to all Italians". Health Minister Roberto Speranza said this when speaking to the Senate. It is likely that two doses will be needed for each vaccination, Italy has 202 million dose options. The first doses may begin to be available from January. The categories to be vaccinated with priority, underlined the minister, are health and social health workers, residents and staff of the RSA for the elderly, people of advanced age.
The goal is to achieve greater vaccination coverage and cover people with higher risk factors. With the increase of the doses, the other categories will also be vaccinated, such as the people of the essential services that is the school staff and law enforcement. In the event of outbreaks in areas of the country, stocks of vaccines will be allocated to areas in difficulty.
The contribution of the Armed Forces
“The distribution of vaccines will take place - explained Speranza - with the involvement of the Armed Forces. For vaccines that require a standard cold chain there will be a national storage site and territorial sites. For extreme cold chain vaccines these will be delivered by the companies to the 300 vaccination points.
In the initial phase there will be centralized vaccinations in hospitals or with mobile units. It is estimated that around 20 people are needed to implement the campaign. For this reason, existing professionals in the country will also be used with the publication of an 'invitation' to participate in the vaccination campaign. As well as stipulating agreements with the Ministry of Research for contacts with medical specialization schools ".
