Flu vaccination? The agreement between the State and the Regions, also signed by the Province of Trento, could increase the number of doses destined for pharmacies.
This is confirmed by the provincial health councilor, Stefania Segnana (Lega), who underlines how the Regions and Provinces have signed an agreement on the possibility of assigning to pharmacies at least 1.5% of the doses available (in Trento they would be 2,500 out of 170,000 vaccine doses that are intended to be purchased), provided that the State “buys the doses that allow the Province to cover all Lea, the essential levels of assistance, or, in this case, to be able to have all the doses necessary to vaccinate those under 6 and over 60 in addition to fragile categories. Already in the last meeting with the representatives of the pharmacies we said that we are willing to increase the doses to be assigned to the pharmacies, as long as the State does its part »emphasizes Segnana. “Our will is to enhance pharmacies in terms of vaccines and there is a good collaboration with them” concludes the councilor.
For his part, Paolo Betti, president of Federfarma, highlights how “if the percentage to be assigned to pharmacies is 1.5%, it doesn’t make much sense. The numbers for each of the approximately 150 Trentino pharmacies would be equal to 16 vaccines, that is a quantity that does not allow for a serious vaccination campaign ». Federfarma indicates that its requests are not made in a polemical but constructive key, but relaunches on the front of the numbers of influenza vaccines to have: “You need 60-100 per pharmacy – he says – The Province does not normally use all the doses it has, therefore he could assign us those that are needed, also to facilitate the vaccination campaign, since if it is centralized in a few places, it can lead to organizational difficulties ». Compared to the doses envisaged by the State-Regions agreement, therefore, the Trentino pharmacies ask to be able to have 4 to 7 times more, ie between 9,000 and 15,000 doses. In the coming days there will be another meeting between Betti and the leaders of the Province to understand if the pharmacists’ requests will be met. “We need to hurry, also because this year the anti-flu campaign should start at the beginning of October” concludes Betti. A. With.
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