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MILAN (Reuters) – If vaccine supplies are confirmed, seven million Italians could be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of March, the government’s special commissioner Domenico Arcuri said on Friday.
Arcuri said the first 249,600 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine will arrive in Italy on Saturday and will be administered from next week, to people up to the age of 55.
Pfizer and Moderna doses will be administered in parallel, to those over 80 and most exposed to risks, such as health workers.
“Meanwhile, the number of Italians that are fully vaccinated will top 1 million today,” he said during a weekly press event.
By Emilio Parodi
MILAN (Reuters) – If vaccine supplies are confirmed, seven million Italians could be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of March, the government’s special commissioner Domenico Arcuri said on Friday.
Arcuri said the first 249,600 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine will arrive in Italy on Saturday and will be administered from next week, to people up to the age of 55.
Pfizer and Moderna doses will be administered in parallel, to those over 80 and most exposed to risks, such as health workers.
“Meanwhile, the number of Italians that are fully vaccinated will top 1 million today,” he said during a weekly press event.
This Reuters report is based on exclusive details of internal EU talks over the past month in diplomatic notes, and interviews of four people present at key meetings to verify them.
COVID vaccination plan going at full steam - Arcuri
Commissioner says 7 mn Italians to be vaccinated by end of March
05 Febbraio 2021
ROME, FEB 5 - The government s Special Commissioner
for the Coronavirus Emergency, Domenico Arcuri, said Friday that
Italy s COVID-19 vaccination plan was now going at full steam
after delays in recent weeks due to reductions in supplies from
Pfizer.
Arcuri said the plan central government prepared with the
nation s regions and provinces was working at full pace .
He said he expected seven million Italians to have been
vaccinated for the virus by the end of March.
The first batch of 249,600 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine is