We continue with vaccinations against the Covid throughout the Italian territory. And in the meantime, the expectation is growing for the arrival of the new vaccines that will arrive in the various stations.

Anti-Covid vaccinations: the numbers

Il 27 December 2020 marked a historic date in the fight against Coronavirus. That date will go down in the annals of history as Vaccine Day, which marked the beginning of simultaneous vaccinations in all European countries, including Italy. The first vaccinations began at 7,20 at the Spallanzani hospital in Rome. The first Italian to receive Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine, at 7.20 am on December 27th was Claudia Alivernini, nurse in the infectious disease ward. In addition to her, the infectious disease doctors also received the doses Alessandra Vergoni e Alessandra D'Abramo, the virologist Mariarosa Capobianchi and the health and social worker Omar Altobelli.

Vaccinations - syringe with vaccine

Currently, the data regarding the vaccine show that in our country more than 179 thousand people have already been vaccinated from the north to the south of the boot. Ecosystem's staff is Lazio holds the record with the highest number of injections: 61,4% of the total doses delivered to the Region were administered (28.134 vaccines out of 45.805). Below we find the Toscana who made 56% of the vaccines, that is 15.644 out of 27.920; Autonomous Province of Trento who performed 2.768 vaccinations out of 4.975, therefore 55,6%. In the queue Lombardia who carried out 6.392 vaccinations out of 80.595 doses received, or 7,9% of the total.

Covid vaccinations: a new load of vaccines is on the way

In these hours, the expectation is growing for the arrival of the second shipment of Pfizer vaccines against the Coronavirus. The second load of doses has already arrived in Naples this morning; 33, to be exact, delivered to the 27 hubs for the vaccination of health professionals. Also this morning, 195 vials (equal to 1.170 doses) of vaccine arrived at the Parini hospital in Aosta, escorted by the State Police. In total, approximately 470 doses of Pfizer Biontech's vaccine are expected to be delivered. This is certainly a big load. As for the distribution, he will take care of it the pharmaceutical company that will allocate it to the 294 points of administration; the latter indicated by the regions to the Commissioner for Emergency Domenico Arcuri. At this stage Italy is entitled to 3,4 million doses.

In the summer, the Italian vaccine arrives

Meanwhile, the Phase 1 of the experimentation of GRAd- CoV2 vaccine, of the Italian company Reithera together with the institute Spallanzani. The data obtained from Phase 1 are promising with regards to the requirements for safety and efficacy at the immunological level. And, apparently, it could arrive by the summer. On the choice of doses to inject Italian citizens who decide to get vaccinated will be there'AIFA (Italian Medicines Agency). In Italy, only with Pfizer and Moderna there are more than 61 million doses available.

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In Italy the number of vaccinated people is growing

We keep our guard up

Despite the start of vaccination in our country, everyone must be reminded to keep their guard up. Protective equipment must continue to be worn; keep the distance; avoid unnecessary gatherings. As for the vaccine, the protection is complete starting six days after the second administration of the vaccine. The latter will be injected at least 21 days after the first.

Anti-Covid vaccinations, another 470 thousand doses on the way last edit: 2021-01-05T16:20:43+01:00 da Christine Scevola

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