The European Medicines Agency (Ema) has given conditional green light to the Pfizer-Biontech anti-Covid vaccine. "At the moment there are no indications that the vaccine will not work against the Covid variant." This was stated by Emer Cooke, executive director of the Medicines Agency (Ema). “This is a defining moment for our efforts to provide safe and effective vaccines to Europeans!
The Ema has issued a positive scientific opinion on the Pfizer-Biontech vaccine. Now we will act quickly ". So on Twitter the president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen. As for the spread of the virus, they have been found in our country today 10.872 new positive cases (yesterday 15.104). In the last 24 hours the new deaths are 415 (yesterday 352). The discharged healed 19.632 (yesterday 12.156) overall the positive cases are 613.582 (yesterday 622.760).
European Medicines Agency
"The European drug agency has given the green light to the Pfizer Biontech vaccine. This is the news we were waiting for - says the Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza - The battle against the virus is still very complex, as the latest news from London also shows, but having an effective and safe vaccine available opens a new phase and gives us more strength and confidence "
The English variant has already been around for a month
Regarding the English variant and concerns over the developed vaccines, experts agree: “There have already been variations in the recent past and there may be others as well. At present this does not mean an aggravation of the disease or lethality and, above all, the vaccine is not questioned ". Thus the medical director of Spallanzani in Rome Francesco Vaia. According to experts the English variant of the Coronavirus has been circulating for a month already.
Three sequences of samples collected in Denmark and one in Australia, taken in November, were in fact found to be linked to the English outbreak caused by this mutation.And. Which indicates that you are already "verified its international diffusion, even if its extent is not known ". The European Center for Disease Control (ECDC) explains this in a report published on its website.
Towards vaccine day
"As for vaccine resistance against the UK registered Gb variant, I consider it highly unlikely." This was supported by the president of the Higher Health Council Franco Locatelli. “Vaccines - specified Locatelli - determine the formation of an immune response against various 'pieces', let's call them that, of the spike protein. Even if there is a mutation in one, two or three 'bits' of the spike protein, it is highly unlikely that the vaccine will be ineffective ”.
“As soon as Ema approves it, the vaccine will be shipped to all countries. It will probably arrive in Italy on December 26th e on the 27th there will be the great symbolic day of vaccine day at European level. After the day of 27, around 30 or at the latest in the first days of January the real vaccination campaign will start which will affect health workers and workers and guests of the RSA. In fact, the latter are among the most exposed to developing fatal complications of the infection ".
