(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 30 - The new Pfizer COVID vaccine arrived
in Italy on Wednesday.
Nine DHL planes brought the first 470,000 doses of the vaccine
to the airports of Milan Malpensa, Bergamo
Orio al Serio, Ancona Falconara, Bologna, Rome Ciampino, Naples,
Pisa, Venice and Bari.
Refrigerated vans will be escorted by police to deliver the
phials to 203 administration points in the various Italian
regions.
Meanwhile the UK gave the green light to the Oxford-AstraZeneca
vaccine, after the Pfizer-BioNTech one.
The vaccination campaign with the new vaccine is set to kick off
on January 4, while Italy s is expected to start a few days