Covid emergency, today over 10 thousand new positive cases; meanwhile, the mayors of the major cities meet Commissioner Arcuri to organize the vaccination campaign. According to data released by the Ministry of Health, in the last 24 hours there have been 10.386 new positive cases for Coronavirus. Yesterday there were 7.351.
There are 336 victims today (yesterday 258). There are 274.019 molecular and antigenic tests carried out in the last 24 hours in Italy, yesterday they were 179.278. The positivity rate is 3,8 percent, up from 4,1 percent yesterday. Currently I am 2.074 patients in intensive care for Covid, the daily admissions to resuscitation were 154. In home isolation they remain 373.149 Coronavirus positive subjects.
The mayors meet Commissioner Arcuri
The mayors of the 14 major cities of Italy (Rome, Milan, Turin, Naples, Palermo, Bologna, Florence, Genoa, Venice, Bari, Cagliari, Catania, Messina, Reggio Calabria) met the emergency commissioner Domenico Arcuri. Objective of the meeting: to talk about the vaccination campaign, the existing criticalities and any proposals to optimize it. At the end of the meeting, chaired by Antonio Decaro as president of theancient and as mayor of Bari, the desire to collaborate for the best outcome of the vaccination campaign has emerged.
A campaign, explains a note released to the media, which in order to be mass-produced cannot ignore the work that the mayors will have to coordinate in each city. Whether it is small or large. Decaro asked for clarity on the charges: the mayors will offer the plants, the structures to establish vaccination points. But, for services such as cleaning and custody, it will be necessary to meet extraordinary expenses that cannot be borne by the Municipalities. On these points, Decaro sent a letter to the new minister to Regional Affairs and Local Autonomies, Mariastella Gelmini.
Vaccine Astrazeneca, possible administration to subjects up to 65 years
We are moving towards the administration of the AstraZeneca vaccine to subjects up to 65 years of age. This is the line expressed by the experts in today's meeting attended by representatives of the Ministry of Health, Aifa and the Regions.
However, the final decision will come only after a further meeting of the Aifa Technical Scientific Commission. According to what is learned, the health minister Roberto Speranza in fact, he asked AIFA to “carry out all checks on a scientific level and on the basis of evidence. This is to understand if there is the possibility of extending the age limit for the administration of Astrazeneca. This decision would help speed up the vaccine campaign ”.
