Vaccines for the very young: Pfizer asks for the green light of the EMA. The pharmaceutical company announces that it has asked the European drug agency (Ema) for authorization to extend the use of its anti-Covid vaccine to children between the ages of 12 and 15. Thus, as has already happened in the United States in recent weeks. Meanwhile, constant monitoring of the Covid-19 contagion curve in our country continues.
According to data provided by the Ministry of Health, the new positive cases registered in the last 24 hours are 13.446 (yesterday 14.320). The new deaths are 263 (yesterday 288). Overall, the currently positive subjects are 436.720 (yesterday 438.709); the discharged healed in the last 24 hours are 15.621 (yesterday 18.088). The swabs carried out are 338.771; in intensive care Covid patients are 2.583; in home isolation they still remain 414.747 people infected with the virus.
Vaccines for the very young
While theEma evaluates Pfizer's request to begin extending vaccinations also to the very young, yesterday in Italy over 500 doses of the vaccine were administered. “On the day of April 29 - explains the structure of the emergency commissioner Figliuolo - 508.158 were administered as part of the national vaccination campaign. The figure confirms the predictions and demonstrates that the vaccination machine is efficient. The maintenance of at least 500 thousand administrations per day - underlines Figliuolo - is now increasingly linked to the punctuality and consistency of vaccine deliveries by pharmaceutical companies".
The Covid pass
The management system of the new Covid EU digital certificates will be operational from 15 June after an experimentation phase that will begin on XNUMX May with a first group of over XNUMX countries, including Italy. It is learned from EU sources. The next step prior to the entry into force of the new pass system will be the approval by the Member States, which is expected by the end of June. "But when the signature of the EU Council arrives, the technical infrastructure will already be fully functional". These are the reassurances that come from the European Commission.
The system will easily allow the participation of third countries, which intend to accept the system to allow entry into their territory. However, the integration to the pass system will have to be validated by a legislative agreement, already present in the case of Switzerland, but which could take quite a long legal time.
