It starts again the race for vaccines. An acceleration on the fourth dose triggered by the surge in infections in recent days: +142.967 positives, positivity up to 26%, hospitalizations (+270), intensive care (+15) and deaths +157 are also on the rise. Numbers that have not been seen since January and which have prompted the Regions to open the Reservations for the fourth dose as soon as possible for all over 60s and fragile subjects from 12 years of age. You can go to the hubs, to authorized pharmacies, or contact your family doctor. family doctors.
A new wave that also worries the WHO. “I am concerned that cases of Covid-19 continue to rise, putting further strain on already strained healthcare systems and providers, and that deaths are unacceptably high.” This is the warning launched by the director general of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
Who should get the fourth dose of the Covid vaccine? And when?
If at first the circular of the Ministry of Health, last 8 April, recommended the second booster to the over 80s, with the worsening of the epidemiological situation, the ministry has widened the audience to the over 60s, even if healthy, and to the frail with more than 12 years.
Administration must take place after at least 120 days since the administration of the booster dose (third dose) or since the last infection (date of the positive test). It is proven that after 4 months the protection of antibodies begins to go down.
What vaccines are given for the fourth dose? They are the ones with mRna, therefore Pfizer e Modern, the only two authorized by international regulatory agencies for the fourth dose.
From Lombardy to Lazio: bookings for the fourth dose of the vaccine are underway
With the new Covid wave, interest in the vaccine returns, also fueled by the fear of "skipping the holidays". The queues for swabs in the pharmacy are also back, at the levels of March, so much so that the drive-ins are reopening in Rome.
Some Regions are preparing open days to speed things up. For example, at Lombardia the calendar of appointments opens this morning Wednesday 13 July at 9 on the Post Office portal. Also Emilia-Romagna is ready for the fourth dose: bookings are starting today. In the Lazio, however, reservations will open from midnight today on the regional portal. While the Veneto it has strengthened the network of hubs and recommends an "active involvement of family doctors for home vaccination". All ready in too Friuli Venezia Giulia, where it will be possible to proceed with the booking from 12 noon on Thursday 14 July.
La Toscana moved faster, as bookings have been open since yesterday. Piedmont is slower, reopening on Friday. In Trentino, the director general of health, Antonio Ferro, announces "a card to choose the date on the health company website". They are also active in this sense Abruzzo, Molise, Marche, Val d'Aosta, Alto Adige, Emilia-Romagna, Puglia, Sicily.
Meanwhile yesterday at Napoli queues of citizens over 60 have been recorded in health districts for the administration of the fourth dose.
Infine in Campania the massive influx of over 60s forced the hub inside the Capodimonte park to reopen full-time.
Mise: 22 million euros for anti Covid vaccines
The Minister of Economic Development Giancarlo Giorgetti authorized a program agreement presented by the chemical-pharmaceutical company Biomedical Foscama which aims to expand the production capacity of anti-Covid vaccines at the Ferentino site (Frosinone) and which provides for the installation of a new vaccine preparation, filling and packaging line to be implemented within the Level 2 Biosafety Laboratory (BSL2) . In particular, the 22,6 million euro investment (of which the Ministry of Economic Development makes available subsidies amounting to 17,9 million) has the objective of starting the production of single-use vials and single and multi-dose bottles containing the mRNA-based or Adenovirus-based vaccine.
