Vaccines also in the pharmacy and Johnson & Johnson arrives on April 16th

“I have just signed the protocol with the regions and pharmacists to leave safely Covid vaccinations in pharmacies of our country". This was announced on Monday by the Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza.

Under the agreement, they will only be able to make vaccines pharmacists qualified with a specific course. Pharmacy administrations are however denied to extremely vulnerable subjects "or with a positive history of a previous severe allergic/anaphylactic reaction".

The patient will have to stop in the monitoring area of ​​the pharmacy for 15 minutes following inoculation. Your pharmacist will supervise and provide emergency support in case of an anaphylactic reaction due to vaccination, notifying immediately emergency number 118. If necessary, in case of severe life-threatening anaphylaxis, the pharmacist will administer intramuscular adrenaline.

The activities of booking ed execution of the vaccines will be carried out by pharmacies "according to the programs for identifying the target population previously defined by the authorities and following the priority criteria".

Pharmacies are paid a remuneration equal to 6 euros for each vaccination. The Regions and Autonomous Provinces will be able to sign agreements to recognize any additional charges relating to organizational functions, the reimbursement of protective equipment and consumables, and any incentives for achieving the vaccination targets established by the territorial administrations.

Meanwhile, “the commissioner for the Covid emergency, Francesco Paolo Figliuolo, said that Johnson & Johnson vaccines will arrive in Italy from April 16th”, reveals the president of the Liguria regional council, Gianmarco Medusei, on the sidelines of the inauguration of the maxi-vaccination hub of the Genoa Fair.

Together, the agreement between the government and pharmacists and the forthcoming arrival of the new vaccine should make it possible to bring the goal of 500 vaccinations a day, which is still quite distant, closer.

In Monday's meeting with the Regions, the Prime Minister, Mario Draghi, he renewed “the invitation to start a look to the future with optimism”, underlining how “the vaccination campaign is improving continuously and rapidly”. The Premier also said to start schedule reopenings for when it will be possible.