The first 249,600 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine arrive in Italy early tomorrow.
The doses will then be stored in the Pratica di Mare hub and in the following days, barring unforeseen events, they will be distributed in the administration centers in the various regions.
The doses were initially expected to arrive in Italy on February 15th.
On Tuesday, barring unforeseen events, the under-55 vaccination campaign will begin with AstraZeneca doses.
The vaccine will arrive for the first time in Italy tomorrow and distribution in 293 administration centers should be completed next Monday.
Tuesday - as far as we know - doses should already be available for administration.
The vaccination plan developed with the regions and provinces "is working at full speed".
The commissioner for the emergency Domenico Arcuri said, confirming that tomorrow the first doses of the Astrazenaca vaccine will arrive.
By March "we could approach the vaccination of 7 million Italians".
The Commissioner for the emergency Domenico Arcuri said, underlining that "this is what can be done" given that in the first quarter Italy will have 50% of the vaccine doses that were initially foreseen.
"In January we received 2.3 million doses, in February we will have, if the forecasts are respected and we are confident in this, we will receive 4.2 and in March 8.2 million. In total we will have 14.7 million in the first quarter. of doses - concluded Arcuri - when we should have had 28 million ".
In Italy there are 293 vaccine destination points.
The administrations will then also take place in other structures, such as residences for the elderly, and when all the elderly have been vaccinated in the 1,300 points of administration initially planned, these will stop being used and others decided by the regions will gradually be added.
To these will also be added primroses ", said the Commissioner for the Emergency, Domenico Arcuri.