By the end of March, Italy should receive 13 million doses from the start of the vaccination campaign: this was stated by Franco Locatelli, president of the Superior Health Council during the program "Half an hour more" conducted by Lucia Annunziata. "The limiting of this first phase was the number of doses that were made available.We had 4 million and 700 thousand, we used about 3/4 - compared to the 6 million initially indicated - another 7 million and 700 thousand are expected in March. In terms of number of doses administered and population we are the second country in the EU after Germany, first for population vaccinated with double dose ".
"I imagine that our Intelligence services can make a not insignificant contribution and do all the insights" on the cases of vaccine offers on the free market.
"It would be worthy of an in-depth study, I find it hard to believe that industries like those that have the vaccine approved have supported such mechanisms. This was stated by Franco Locatelli, president of the Superior Health Council during the broadcast" Half an hour more "conducted by Lucia Annunziata.
At least 35 thousand family doctors ready to vaccinate
- "We estimate that at least 35 thousand family doctors throughout Italy would be ready to carry out anti-Covid vaccinations in their studies starting immediately: this, of course, having the doses available and on the basis of agreements regional ones already present or that will be defined soon ".
This was stated to ANSA by the national secretary of the Italian Federation of general practitioners (Fimmg) Silvestro Scotti, after the go-ahead for the memorandum of understanding between the government, medical unions and Regions, which defines the methods of participation of doctors at national level of the vaccination campaign in progress.