Bologna, 1 October 2020 – Vaccine chaos, we titled yesterday. On 12 October we leave for flu vaccination, but the doubts are many. They have been telling us for months: get vaccinated, it is also needed for Covid. Then, however, less than two weeks after the start, the puzzles are endless. Even in the virtuous Emilia Romagna, where a general practitioner told us that “I don’t even sleep at night when I think about it”.
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Raffaele Donini, regional councilor for health policies: many vaccines are missing, even in Emilia Romagna …
“I remember that Italy has 17 million vaccine doses and 1 million and 400 thousand of these are available to Emilia-Romagna, more than 7% that we represent in demographic terms”.
What does it mean?
“That in our land the vaccination culture is becoming more and more popular. Last year 850 thousand people were vaccinated in our region, especially over 75 years old. This year we can get over 1 million and 400 thousand vaccinations, almost a third of the resident population, it would be a historical fact “.
But if all people at risk decide to get vaccinated, the doses will not be enough …
“But we remain among the most virtuous. We also promoted at national level to set up a control room between the regions so that none of the 17 million doses planned for Italy remain unused”.
To private individuals, the Region has allocated 3% of the vaccines (about 36 thousand), but the pharmacies that should have supplemented this quota with the purchase of other doses do not find any. How do citizens who are not at risk get vaccinated?
“We are the region that more than any other has destined the doses to the free market. I know that pharmacies, with their national associations, are further seeking new supplies.”
GPs are in an emergency. The number of people who want to vaccinate this year will double. They don’t have enough time because the procedure takes twice as long.
“According to ministerial provisions, the vaccination period starts from 12 October until January. For the modalities of vaccination by general practitioners, each Ausl has been defining organizational models for some time with the representatives of General Practitioners, and we are well advanced “.
The mayor of Bologna Merola spoke of mobile units in the suburbs to vaccinate. It will do? And only in Bologna?
“The organizational modalities, in each Ausl, will be indicated on the basis of the agreements between the Companies and the General Practitioners. That of the mobile units or dedicated spaces can be a solution that is added to the others already in the field”
Is the departure date of October 12 only theoretical or also practical?
“On October 12, we officially start with vaccinations. Citizens can already contact their general practitioner or the local health authority to make an appointment. In their studies, the doses will arrive by next week”.
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