The entry into force tomorrow of the reinforced health certificate, which further restricts the activities and places of access to the unvaccinated, together with new measures to reinforce the controls of the anti-Covid pass, have promoted vaccination in Italy, in particular of the third or booster doses.
To date, in Italy 98.4 million vaccines have been supplied, of which 8.4 million correspond to these third doses, which means that 40.93 percent of the population already has the booster, while that the number of immunized with the complete schedule exceeds 45.7 million or 84.75%, waiting for the vaccination of children between 5 to 11 years to begin next week.
It is even probable that in the first semester of next year children from 0 to 5 years old will be vaccinated, said the president of the Italian Drug Agency (AIFA) and member of the Scientific Technical Committee that oversees the pandemic, Giorgio Palù today.
“Moderna and Pfizer are already experimenting with children, but I think it will be a matter of a few months. I am not a guess, but it is likely,” he said when asked if the vaccine for the little ones would be available in the first half of 2022 in statements to Sky Tg24.
In the last 24 hours, 16,632 new infections and 75 deaths have been registered in Italy, while the spread of the virus is also causing an increase in hospital pressure and there are currently 5,428 hospitalized throughout the country, of which 732 are in nursing homes. intensive care.
Given this situation, tomorrow the reinforced health certificate comes into force, which will be accompanied by greater controls, also in buses and the subway, as well as in areas of high commercial activity, and the use of the mask will be mandatory in crowded areas, in particularly in big cities and in view of Christmas shopping.
The new certificate, held by vaccinated citizens and those who have overcome the disease, will be necessary to access the interior of bars, restaurants, entertainment venues, cinemas and theaters, while the normal one will be maintained, which also includes holders of a negative antigen test, to work, access public transport and transit through commercial areas.
The national police, the carabineros (militarized police) and the personnel of the local public transport management bodies will be in charge of requesting the health certificate from bus travelers and those who do not have it will face fines of between 400 and 1,000 euros , according to the new provisions adopted before the arrival of Christmas.
Source: EFE
