AstraZeneca told the EU in December that supplies of its vaccine would be cut, but ministers still made big promises about the speed of the roll-out before going in search of scape-goats when it all fell apart.
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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.