(ANSA) - ROME, MARCH 26 - Countdown to Francesco Figliuolo's farewell to the anti-Covid commissioner.
From March 31st the state of emergency ends and therefore the general will also end his mission, who will be able to devote himself full time to leading the Joint Chief Operating Officer (Covi), the body that coordinates, plans and directs the operations of the almost ten thousand Italian soldiers engaged in mission abroad.
And one can understand, in these weeks of war in Ukraine, the delicacy of the role.
The Unit for the completion of the vaccination campaign and for the adoption of other measures to combat the pandemic will operate until 31 December 2022 with the same functions.
From 1 January 2023 the Ministry of Health will then take over from the Unit,
The handover is indicated in article 2 of last Thursday's decree law on overcoming the state of emergency.
The Director of the Unit - who "acts with the powers attributed to the Extraordinary Commissioner" - will be appointed with a decree from the Prime Minister.
There will also be a vicar, a senior manager of the Ministry of Health.
The vaccination campaign - which Figliuolo led starting from 1 March 2021, succeeding Domenico Arcuri - has so far administered 135 million doses of anti-Covid vaccines.
The primary cycle was completed by 49.7 million Italians (83.9% of the total population).
38.6 million people took the third dose (65.2% of the total).
In the hottest periods, the administrations have even exceeded 600 thousand a day.
There has been a sharp decline in recent months.
Yesterday, for example, only 54,000 doses were injected.
There are 4 million and 490 Italians who have not yet been vaccinated.
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