Italy set to vaccinate small island populations in one go
NICOLE WINFIELD, Associated Press
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FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2016 file photo, sunset is over the Italian Islands of Procida and Ischia in the Bay of Naples, Italy. Italy on Friday will open a mass vaccination campaign on small, remote islands where numbers of residents and health care services are limited. The office of Italy’s virus czar said the campaign would initially target the Aeolian Islands north of Sicily and Isola Capraia off the Tuscan coast. Other remote areas on the mainland isolated villages in the Alps and Apennine mountains might be targeted with similar campaigns.Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP
Italy set to vaccinate small island populations in one go
NICOLE WINFIELD, Associated Press
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FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2016 file photo, sunset is over the Italian Islands of Procida and Ischia in the Bay of Naples, Italy. Italy on Friday will open a mass vaccination campaign on small, remote islands where numbers of residents and health care services are limited. The office of Italy’s virus czar said the campaign would initially target the Aeolian Islands north of Sicily and Isola Capraia off the Tuscan coast. Other remote areas on the mainland isolated villages in the Alps and Apennine mountains might be targeted with similar campaigns.Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP
Procida named Italian culture capital 2022
Signal for post-COVID recovery says Franceschini
18 Gennaio 2021
ROME, JAN 18 - The iconic Bay of Naples island of
Procida was named Italian culture capital for 2022 on Monday.
Procida beat nine other candidates for the accolade.
These were: Ancona, Bari, Cerveteri , L Aquila , Pieve di Soligo
near Treviso, Taranto , Trapani , Verbania, Lake Maggiore and
Volterra.
Culture Minister Dario Franceschini, who attended the jury
selection, said today s nomination of the Italian cultural
capital for 2022 is a signal for the future for the (post COVID)
recovery.
He said that in 2022, we will have returned to normality and
culture and tourism will be once more important and very strong
Procida beat nine other candidates for the accolade.
These were: Ancona, Bari, Cerveteri , L Aquila , Pieve di Soligo
near Treviso, Taranto , Trapani , Verbania, Lake Maggiore and
Volterra.
Culture Minister Dario Franceschini, who attended the jury
selection, said today s nomination of the Italian cultural
capital for 2022 is a signal for the future for the (post COVID)
recovery.
He said that in 2022, we will have returned to normality and
culture and tourism will be once more important and very strong
as they were before the pandemic .
He said the selection every year starts a virtuous and
attractive process, like for he Oscar candidates .