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“I have not yet made the reservation, my age group has entered among those that allow me to have the vaccine. And yes, I’ll do the AstraZeneca. My son did it the other day in England. No prevention, no doubt “. The Prime Minister, Mario Draghi, prepares to make the coronavirus vaccine. The premier will receive a dose of AstraZeneca, the drug that after a short stop got the new green light from the European agency.
“The decision” to suspend the vaccine “was not made for imitation or for German interests … There is simply the responsibility of a government that puts itself in the citizens ‘shoes and says’ I can afford to go ahead with the vaccination campaign if the European authority takes a week to see if “vaccines” are really safe? ‘”. “There was a drop in vaccinations one day, then they were offset by the use of other vaccines. There was a slowdown but it wasn’t disastrous,” adds Draghi. “We must ask ourselves whether there will be an effect on the future willingness to vaccinate: it will have to be estimated and we will have to act accordingly, but I believe that in the end the rationality of the Italians will decide. If there is an effect, it will be temporary and will be compensated by the other vaccines. We are at 160-165 thousand vaccines a day, we will reach 500 thousand in April and the goal is to reach higher figures in May and June. Then, it is clear, we hope not to have unexpected events with the vaccine supplies “, he says again.
“You have to be practical. European coordination has great added value, I have always supported it but here, however, it is about health. So if European coordination works, fine. Otherwise you have to go on your own. This is the pragmatism I was standing for. referring first, “he says referring to the efficiency of coordinated action at EU level. “I often call Ursula von der Leyen because European coordination is the first path to look for. If there is, well … There are many questions that would have been better answered earlier. Merkel told me that if the European authority will approve the Sputnik vaccine, good. ” If this does not happen, “he will do otherwise: we need pragmatism. We must first seek European coordination, or else we can do it otherwise”, said the premier. “You have to be ready to do it yourself: that’s what Merkel said and that’s what I say“.
The internal mechanism must also be perfected. “The regions are in no particular order and this is not good. Italy as a whole is the second in Europe for vaccinations but it is very distant from the United Kingdom for a number of reasons: the number of vaccination sites, the number of people who administer the vaccines, the fact that a dose is administered “to a number more people and not two doses to a smaller number of people. “The regions differ in the criteria and in the capacity to administer the vaccine. Common rules must be established, starting from seniority and fragility. If there are problems of capacity, the state is there. It seems to me that all the regions are willing to collaborate” .
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