“The delay of Pfizer it is very disturbing. Everything was communicated at the last minute, if it is a delay of only one week the consequences may not be so serious. We can define it as a small slowdown. The goal is to be able to vaccinate all over-80s and health professionals in March. I am sure we will succeed. “So the general manager of Aifa Nicola Magrini to Radio Capital: “The approval of Astrazeneca at the end of January? If the safety checks confirm the data released, it will be evaluated whether to superimpose it on the vaccines already confirmed and at which age groups to administer it. I am cautious, I do not rely only on promises”.
Vaccines, new factories and contracts with other companies. So Pfizer wants to upgrade from 1.3 to 2 billion doses
by Elena Dusi
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The regions are gradually communicating the issues related to cutting vaccines and the remedies they are taking. Here they are, case by case.
FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA
Here deliveries for today have been blocked. “We have received communication from Pfizer that our already reduced deliveries of the vaccine scheduled for today are rescheduled for tomorrow, January 20”. He makes it known in a post on facebook Riccardo Riccardi, deputy governor with responsibility for the Health of Friuli Venezia Giulia, after the stop to the new vaccinations due to the reduction of the delivery of doses, in order to guarantee the booster administrations. “Delivery flows are crucial to the progress of the vaccination campaign. It is difficult to work with these uncertainties”, concludes Riccardi.
VENETO
Luca Zaia, the governor of Veneto, goes to counterattack. “My proposal, given the delays in the expected deliveries, is that the second doses of the vaccine are in the meantime guaranteed by the national warehouse”. The governor explained that if the delays are confirmed, there will be a gap of about two weeks in the first vaccinations already planned for the over 80s. “With the first calls, calculator in hand, however, perhaps we should do it” continued Zaia.
Vaccini, Zaia: “A private company cannot decide by itself who to deliver the doses to”
by Enrico Ferro
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CAMPANIA
Vaccinations stopped to guarantee calls to Naples. ASL Napoli 1 has decided to restart on Thursday 21 January with the administration of the second dose to those who have already had the vaccine. At the moment the ASL has vaccinated 69% of all those who had joined voluntarily, so about 14,500 health workers from hospitals, ASL districts, private clinics, accredited centers and residential structures received the first dose. “I’m sorry – explains the general manager of ASL Napoli 1 Ciro Verdoliva – that we cannot guarantee the first dose to those who have not yet received it, and I hope to receive supplies from the company as soon as possible as already foreseen in the program so as to proceed as soon as possible to the conclusion of phase T1 “.
SARDINIA
Seven thousand doses, the goal of those provided that will be intended only for recalls. This is the situation in Sardinia: “The vaccination campaign is conditioned by the fact that Pfizer does not respect the agreements”, reiterated the regional health councilor Mario Nieddu. In Sardinia, 30% of the doses were set aside for the second inoculation.
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