Codogno (Lodi), 27 December 2020 –
“Today is a time of happiness, of hope. With the first vaccinations si slightly closes the circle opened on February 20thor. The vaccine is the realization of a huge international effort, it is a fundamental weapon that we cannot refrain from wielding and using, both for us and for the weakest people in society. “He said this afternoon, at the hospital in Codogno, where the first anti-Covid vaccinations, Annalisa Malara, the doctor who first discovered that the coronavirus, from China, had spread to Europe and the Western world: “That evening of February 20 when at 9 pm the Sacco hospital confirmed the positive result of the swab, it was a shock for me and for the entire resuscitation team where the patient 1. This diagnosis allowed us to identify the first autochthonous case of coronavirus and to protect health workers and citizens “.
“The first Areu car left this morning from Niguarda with the doses came to Codogno and we wanted to symbolically dedicate the first vaccines to the resuscitation of Codogno, where it all started – underlined the medical director of Asst, SJoy breeder -. From a serious moment the rebirth. In 4 days, 1400 Asst employees out of 2400 have already joined the campaign, about 60%: it is a good omen for mass participation by the population. From 4 or 7 January, when the other doses arrive, we will carry out the vaccinations in the 4 hospitals, in groups, trying to prevent critical issues in case someone shows some symptoms typical of vaccines, such as a little fever or joint pain. In the meantime, we are drawing up lists of those eligible among the SST operators, not only health but also services, cross operators, general practitioners and cross rescue operators. In 3 weeks, those who have had the vaccine will have to do it again, as a reminder “.
“Today is really un turning point even if unfortunately it is not the end – he said Stefano Paglia, head of the emergency rooms of Lodi and Codogno, underlining the clinical but also emotional commitment of his staff -; it will take many months for there to be a vaccine for everyone but I hope that people understand that we are all linked by a common destiny “.
The first to receive one of the 50 doses (on the spot, also the Nas carabinieri to monitor the correctness of the operations) shortly after 3 pm, was Lucia Premoli, an intensive care nurse from Codogno, who also took care of patient 1, Mattia Maestri: “It is a great privilege – he said -. I am happy and excited and I hope it will serve as an example”. Then Paglia and Massimo Vajani, president of the Order of Doctors of Lodi: “Vaccinating is a civil obligation and, for doctors, a deontological duty. Dentists, freelance professionals and retired doctors should also be included in the first phase. still, which, to date, are excluded. We, as general practitioners, meanwhile, are ready to collaborate both to carry out vaccinations, obviously in protected environments, and to proselytize in favor of the vaccine: it is the only choice to eradicate the virus “.
Among those present at what for Codogno, as underlined in several voices, was a “historic moment”, there were the mayor of the city and president of the Province, Francesco Passerini, the mayor of Lodi, Sara Casanova, the regional councilor to the Civil Protection, Pietro Foroni
