The times for the Covid vaccine they stretch. It will not arrive in Italy by the end of the year and in the world it will not have full coverage before 2022. The two forecasts are given by the Deputy Minister of Health, Pierpaolo Sileri, as regards Italy and the WHO. Sileri talks about it to the microphones of the broadcast ‘Italy has awakened’ on Radio Cusano Campus: “I am optimistic about the vaccine, but I am realistic and I say it will not be there until the middle of next year”.
Sileri: the vaccine will take several months
Sileri focuses on the Covid epidemic and the current situation: “Normality will occur if the virus were to change into a form favorable to us, or when we reach a herd immunity, but with the numbers we have it would take time, so the chance of the vaccine remains. It will take many months, I believe that next year we will still need to protect ourselves, with a habit of the security measures we are observing. Let’s not forget that this virus severely affects the elderly and those who have pre-existing diseases, it is they who must protect as long as the virus circulates”.
Another theme is that of quarantine, with the government that is considering reducing it from 14 to 10 or fewer days. For Sileri “a good compromise would be to do 7 days of quarantine and then do the swab. With the return to school the surveillance phase will be fundamental. I don’t think there will be a second wave as we experienced it in February and March. The commitment of our National Health Service is currently very low because the data is low and as long as the situation is this it is under control”.
For the WHO vaccine for all not before 2022
Even globally, the situation is not the most encouraging. For Soumya Swaminathan, WHO researcher, “it will take a long time to achieve herd immunity“. In fact, he explains to the BBC that “it will no doubt have to wait until 2022 and until then the populations must be disciplined“. The invitation, to all countries, is “do not take shortcuts “. Also because, the researcher of the World Health Organization continues, we need to get a vaccine “without compromising safety”.
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