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06 January 2021 "Now the necessary acceleration in the vaccination campaign is underway. The great majority of the regions have reached significant percentages. The country is ready".

This was stated by the Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza, during the meeting with the Regions.



"We are second in the number of vaccinations in Europe, behind only Germany, and we have all the capacity to accelerate. The Plan will be increased as Ema authorizes the other vaccines. Extraordinary efforts have been made by all regions to allow regime the machine, which means 70,000 vaccines a day at national level until the other vaccines are authorized ", said the Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza, during the meeting called by the Minister for Regional Affairs, Francesco Boccia and which was attended by the emergency commissioner Domenico Arcuri and the governors.



Boccia, gradually out of the emergency by summer

"All the Regions are doing intense work in the territories to implement the national plan developed by the commissioner for the vaccination campaign, we always remain by their side available to provide all the necessary support. the commitment of all we have started a path that will lead us to gradually exit the emergency by the summer ".

According to what is learned, the Minister for Regional Affairs Francesco Boccia said this during the meeting with the regions.



Give more staff and limit the number of doses in the warehouse

Give more staff to those who are serious about many vaccines and not to those who keep them in the warehouse and limit the stay in the warehouse to prevent them from being wasted.

These are the requests made by the Regions, according to what is learned, during the meeting with the government, convened by the Minister of Regional Affairs Francesco Boccia on the vaccine campaign.



Arcuri, from January 20 the first 1,500 health workers

For the administration of the Pfizer vaccine (Freeze model), the Commissioner for the Emergency, Domenico Arcuri, will immediately send 1,500 doctors and nurses, to supplement the 3,800 already operating in the individual regions.

The breakdown will be based on population.

By 7 January the list of personnel identified by region will be communicated to the Employment Agencies (there are 5 divided by territorial areas, based on the number of population) and starting from 20 the first candidates will be available.

Commissioner Arcuri said this - according to what is learned - during the Government-Regions summit.).



At the moment a program has been presented with 5.9 million vaccinated by the end of March, 13.7 in April, 21.5 million by the end of May and the voluntary vaccination can be completed by August, he said - according to reports - the Commissioner Arcuri, during the Government-Regions summit.



Bonaccini, on the road collaboration

"The positive climate of these first weeks of vaccination is very good: this strong institutional collaboration is necessary to win the difficult challenge against the virus, thanks to the constant commitment of the staff of our health facilities", says Stefano Bonaccini , president of the Conference of Regions, commented on the outcome of today's summit with ministers Speranza and Boccia and Commissioner Arcuri.

"We are working to ensure maximum speed and respect the deadlines in this first phase of the vaccination campaign. We await the arrival of additional staff who responded to Commissioner Arcuri's call and continue to ensure maximum availability for the most effective territorial location of the doses. vaccinations on the way. We await, with the Government, further good news on the front of the authorization of the other vaccines that would allow us to quickly deal with the vaccination of people over eighty and then of the remaining sections of the population ".



The Regions have expressed their willingness to collaborate so that a framework agreement can be made with general practitioners and pediatricians of free choice "to involve them in this important collective effort", Bonaccini said.

"It is significant that the ministers Speranza and Boccia and Commissioner Arcuri expressed gratitude for the commitment of the Regions and for the commendable dedication of the health personnel involved in this very first phase".

he added.