Il 2020 it is now running out, but it cannot yet be considered as "water under the bridge". Despite theRT index is going down in all the regions and Italy is now almost monochrome (yellow), the strongest weapon against the Covid-19 remains the Vaccine. Good news in this regard comes from the Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza, which, in an interview with The print, announced the arrival of the first doses of anticovid vaccine in Italy for the 6st January. This was then confirmed by the governor of Veneto, Luca Zaia, during a conference at the headquarters of the Civil Protection of Marghera. In principle, the first doses of the Covid-19 vaccine should have arrived in Italy on 12st January. This new date marks another big step towards end of the pandemic. Unfortunately in some regions, such as Lombardia e Campania, the first vaccine administrations will not be carried out before 15st January.
Anticovid vaccine in Italy: 3,4 million doses to arrive in early January
As announced by several fronts, the first to be vaccinated will be the elderly living in retirement homes and health care workers. The first ones should be available in Italy by the end of January 3,4 million doses of the vaccine Pfizer. These will still need to be administered in 2 slice. After the first dose, a second dose (the recall), to be administered later 3 or 4 weeks. If everything goes as announced, the Vaccine plan of the government, which should also see it development of an app for reservations and tracking. Also according to forecasts, Italy will have full coverage vaccines by the end of 2021, even if the president of the Superior Health Council, Franco Locatelli, was more optimistic, stating that, with a massive vaccination campaign and if conditions allow, all Italians could be vaccinated by the summer.
Vaccino Day: will we start together across the EU?
After starting vaccinations in Britain, also United States e European Union they are pushing to get the first doses asap. With the green light for the authorization of vaccines on the way, the leaders of the 27 EU countries are in fact thinking of a Vaccine-day to leave all together. This was announced by the Prime Minister himself, Giuseppe Conte, during a conference a Brussels. This Vaccine-Day should even start on 4 5 and January (one day earlier than what was declared by Speranza). The German Chancellor Angela Merkel however, he held back the enthusiasm, declaring that it will be difficult to ensure that vaccinations start at the same time in all 27 countries of the Union. Nevertheless, it will be ensured that these come administered in a coordinated way.
The 2020 we are leaving behind has been a truly tragic year. Covid-19 caused more than a million dead in the world and, unfortunately, there still seems to be no end. With the arrival of the anticovid vaccine in 2021, however, a little glimmer of salvation, that light at the end of the tunnel that bodes well. Even if we will have to live with Covid-19 for some time, knowing that there is a concrete weapon to put an end to this virus is news that makes us believe that we will soon be able to resume the life we left on the stand. -by. Hope is now what there is most Italians are ready to get vaccinated, but above all to avoid that one arrives third wave in February, which could complicate the current situation even more and again crowd the already full ICUs in hospitals.
