Son: '8.5 million doses of vaccines are coming'

The last phase of the vaccine procurement scheduled for the month of May begins today

, with the arrival in the next few days of a total of approximately 8.5 million doses, which will bring the monthly total to 17 million. The overall quantity is in line with the forecasts of supplies by the pharmaceutical companies that produce the four vaccines currently used in the vaccination campaign: Pfizer, Moderna, Vaxzevria and Janssen. This is what the commissioner for the Emergency of Francesco Figliuolo makes known.  

"We are in a very significant phase in the fight against Covid:

", said the Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza, in his message on the occasion of the 76th congress of the Italian Society of Pediatrics (Sip)." However, at this stage we must also think about the after, about that - he stressed that Covid taught us and the dramatic lesson of these months that will remain on our skin forever. In designing the health care of the future, in a phase that is in fact already opening, I think that the subjects your scientific society deals with are particularly significant. Attention to the little ones, to our children, to those in a situation of greater fragility for the age in which they are.I think that in the construction of the National Health Service of the future - he added - there is an enormous space for paediatrics and for all the issues that you also place at the center of your reflection in these days "." The challenge of the coming weeks - has therefore Speranza detected - is to complete the battle against Covid and we have the conditions and tools to be able to look with more confidence, in fact, to the next few months, and then to be able to design the National Health Service (NHS) of the future. And in this NHS of the future the key word will be proximity, that is a health service close to people and people's problems. "The minister then underlined how the issues of pediatrics are" central ":" We are working on it - he said - and we have already given some small signals,with the strengthening of psychological assistance services, especially with reference to the little ones, and some first investments, which must clearly only be the opening of a path, in child neuropsychiatry. We must insist because this is an area that deserves the utmost attention. "" I believe that the challenge of the next few weeks will have to see us think together: a minister is not enough, a regional president or a regional councilor is not enough, but we need more than ever keep our energies together and we will have to continue - concluded Speranza - to work in the direction of a permanent dialogue between all the subjects of the Health sector, from orders to professions to scientific societies to the world of research and universities. That is, we need a great 'country pact'to build the NHS of the future ".

And in the meantime, the debate on vaccines on vacation continues among the Regions

: "The vaccine for tourists can be done, let's face it. Obviously, we need to compensate for the vaccine doses, therefore we need agreements between the Regions also on the basis of tourist flows . We are able to do it, but it cannot be an initiative of the single Region, it must be decided together. If it is taken at a national level we are able to do it ", said the president of the Puglia Region and vice-president of the Conference of Regions,

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 "if necessary, we are ready to vaccinate Lombard citizens even on vacation. But, of course, we will adapt to the indications that will arrive from the Government. In the event that vaccinations during the holidays are not possible, we will try to adjust the inoculation times of the second dose". "Today - recalled Bertolaso ​​- we cross the milestone of 5 and a half million total inoculations in the region. There are already 3 million Lombards who have completed the vaccination cycle, including first dose and booster. From tomorrow, reservations will be open for 30-year-olds. and from June 2 for young people aged 16 to 30. All Lombards who want it will have received at least the first dose by July. Lombardy will be the first region to achieve herd immunity and its inhabitants will be able to go on holiday peacefully ".Bertolaso ​​praised the commitment of the Pavia healthcare provider in the fight against Covid, "both in the most dramatic phase of the emergency and in the current vaccination campaign".  

On vaccines for tourists "the Conference of Presidents will discuss this issue, Veneto places it first because it thrives on tourism", reiterated the regional president

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"National coordination with Commissioner Figiuolo - added Zaia - is vital because it is necessary to connect the regions. But it is a question of civilization, not only certifying citizens who are not in your territory as vaccinated. And then there are no vaccines, to have a more 'flexible' warehouse to adapt to needs. Specific agendas could be opened for tourists ", he concluded.

According to

, speaking at "Uno morning" on Rai1, "as regards vaccinations on vacation we are ready. We have always been very respectful of the indications that came from General Figliuolo, who is quite hesitant to say yes to this request. We are waiting , if the general were to say yes, we would be ready to offer this service as well. If, on the other hand, for organizational reasons, the general should consider this hypothesis impracticable, we will adapt ". "The vaccination campaign is going very well. Despite the limited number of vaccines, today we exceed 5.5 million inoculations done, tomorrow we open reservations for the age group between 30 and 39 and on June 2 that of 16 to 29 years. The machine is working very well - the governor added -.From the end of this week, the number of vaccines available to us is expected to increase and consequently our ability to vaccinate will increase. If the numbers continue to be these, by the month of July we could have inoculated all Lombard citizens at least one of the two doses, thus giving a fairly important coverage ".