(ANSA) - ROME, OCTOBER 21 - The number of rapid tampons has registered a sharp rise with the extension of the Green pass.
In the last week, 2,151,081 were carried out, with an increase of 78.5% compared to the previous one.
Each non-vaccinated person can get three swabs per week.
In the last week, 407,404 new people were vaccinated, equal to + 4.7%.
The daily average of swabs carried out, highlights the monitoring, rose from 173,235 on 13 October to 309,297 on 19 October while the daily average of new vaccinated people remained essentially stable: it went from 57,275 on 13 October to 58,201 on 19 October. "However, in interpreting the effects of the green pass on swabs and new vaccinated people - states the president Gimbe Nino Cartabellotta - it is necessary to take into account that each unvaccinated person can undergo up to 3 swabs per week, while to increase vaccination coverage it is sufficient that the number of new vaccinates do not tend to zero ".
Of the 407,404 new people vaccinated in the week 13-19 October, according to the monitoring, 86.4% belong to age groups that include people of working age: 78,387 in the 20-29 age group, 90,960 in the 30-39 age group, 85,745 in the group 40-49 years, 68,812 in the 50-59 age group and 27,934 in the 60-69 age group.
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