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Italy: in Lombardy, vaccination against Covid-19 turns into a "disaster"

2021-03-22T13:40:43.020Z


A problem with the reservation system has slowed down vaccination this weekend, in this region which has been very affected since the start of the


The vaccination campaign is turning into a "disaster" due to a faulty reservation system in Lombardy (north), the Italian region most affected by the coronavirus pandemic, local politicians admitted on Monday.

It was "a disaster from the start," the mayor of Crema, in the south of the region, told La Repubblica newspaper.

Lombardy regional health minister Letizia Moratti on Sunday promised to take "quick and drastic decisions" to remedy this "unacceptable" situation.

Per il buon proseguimento della #vaccinazione le cose che non funzionano vanno cambiate e su @AriaLombardia servono decisioni rapid e drastiche.


I cittadini non devono pagare le inefficienze della burocrazia, @RegLombardia deve loro offer soluzioni e non problemi #Vacciniamo

- Letizia Moratti (@LetiziaMoratti) March 21, 2021

In Cremona, the capital of the province of the same name, the vaccination center was almost empty during the weekend, because the people supposed to be vaccinated did not receive the message telling them to come.

Local officials had to go through the civil registry and call people one by one.

A mayor even borrowed a minibus to pick up the elderly from their homes.

No coordination on priorities

Italy, like the rest of the EU, is experiencing a vaccine shortage, but the hiccups in Lombardy - one of the wealthiest regions and said to be among the most effective - are particularly glaring.

Especially since Lombardy was the epicenter of the epidemic 13 months ago and still remains the region with the highest number of cases today.

The country, where nearly 105,000 people have died from Covid-19, administered 7.8 million doses and fully vaccinated just under 2.5 million people, out of a population of 60 million.

In a public health system that leaves a lot of room for maneuver to the regions, the coordination of priorities has been lacking, despite a national recommendation to focus on those over 80 years old.

The percentage of them having received at least one vaccine injection varies from 87% in Lazio, the region of Rome, according to the regional Minister of Health, to 2.6% in Sardinia, according to the independent body of reflection on health GIMBE.

Prime Minister Mario Draghi has promised to use "all means" to fight the pandemic and ensure a massive increase in vaccinations.

The government has set a target of tripling the number of vaccinations to 500,000 per day by mid-April, and to fully immunize 80% of the population by mid-September.

Source: leparis

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