At the start of vaccines at maturandi, the next step is the 12 year olds

 A wave of enthusiasm, smiling faces and a lot of emotion: the vaccination of the children who will face the maturity exam on June 16 has started in Sicily, the first region in Italy.

"We are very excited", says more than one.

Most received the Johnson & Johnson serum, some AstraZeneca: there are those who preferred it to the single-dose vaccine: "I learned that it is also very effective against the Indian variant, so I felt safer", explain some young people.

In Lazio from tomorrow it will be possible to book, while the vaccinations will be held on the days of 1,2 and 3 June, "and we will give the students a copy of the Constitution", said today the councilor for health Alessio D'Amato. The platform for expressions of interest in the anti Covid 19 vaccination reserved for children engaged in high school exams will also be active in Pescara from tomorrow morning. Valle d'Aosta has announced the Astra Open Day for June 2, which all citizens over the age of 18 can join. Lombardy, on the other hand, has chosen the path of opening vaccines from 2 June to all citizens included in the age group ranging from 16 to 29 years, therefore also high school graduates: "we are absolutely confident of being able to vaccinate them all within what may be the end of school and holiday start dates ", said today the vice president and councilor for welfare of the Lombardy Region, Letizia Moratti. Even the governor of Puglia Michele Emiliano is against open specific days for high school graduates: his proposal is to vaccinate the entire school population "to be able to bring our students back in the presence without risk".

Meanwhile, as the exam begins, tasks and deadlines also increase: in fact, the maximum date by which the 500,000 graduates must submit the paper whose topic has been assigned to them by the Board of Directors expires on 31 May. class. The oral interview will start from the discussion of the paper which may have different forms, in order to take into account the specificity of the different study fields, the planning of the scholastic institutions and the characteristics of the student in order to enhance the peculiarities and the custom path completed. As for the planned green light from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) to the Covid vaccine for children and young people aged 12 and over "I think all the best possible,because it means further reducing the circulation of the virus ", comments Walter Ricciardi, professor of Hygiene and preventive medicine at the Catholic University and consultant to the Minister of Health Speranza. In Lazio, as soon as the green light of the international and national regulatory agencies will arrive, for the vaccination of the age group 12-16, the Region said it is ready to "involve all pediatricians, hospitals, vaccination centers, of free choice, because it will be a particularly important moment".for the vaccination of the 12-16 year-old age group, the Region said it is ready to "involve all pediatricians, hospitals, vaccination centers, of free choice, because it will be a particularly important moment".for the vaccination of the 12-16 year-old age group, the Region said it is ready to "involve all pediatricians, hospitals, vaccination centers, of free choice, because it will be a particularly important moment".