Plastic surgeon Paolo Mezzana, a representative for the group of 3,500 private specialists, said: “It’s not that we are acting like spoiled children.
“We are not against AstraZeneca for the sake of it, but we know that with their vaccine it takes longer to get a complete immunisation.
“We are not class B doctors.”
Healthcare chiefs have struggled to roll out the AstraZeneca vaccine, which has been publicly criticised by French President Emmanuel Macron, in a number of member states.
Italian doctors, led by Paolo Mezzana, have called for AstraZeneca vaccine to be dropped (Image: GETTY•ITV)
Reports of citizens shunning the Oxford jab have emerged from Italy, Germany, France and Belgium, as well as others.
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