China News Service, January 24. According to Euronet, citing EUN News Agency, on January 23 local time, Italian Prime Minister Conte criticized Pfizer and AstraZeneca in the United Kingdom, saying that the delay in supply of the new crown vaccine was "unacceptable". , And seriously violated the spirit of the contract.

On January 18, local time, the ancient city of Pompeii in Campania, Italy, was reopened to tourists because it was defined as a low-risk area for the new crown epidemic.

On the first day of opening, tourists wore masks to visit the ancient city.

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  According to reports, Pfizer and AstraZeneca recently warned that due to production problems, the company cannot supply EU countries in accordance with the agreement. AstraZeneca said on the 22nd that the first batch of vaccine supply is estimated to be lower than the original.

Pfizer said that it is preparing to modify the plant to increase production, so it needs to temporarily reduce shipments.

  Conte criticized this situation on social media, and pointed out that Italy's vaccination plan was based entirely on the agreement reached between pharmaceutical companies and the European Union.

He specifically pointed out that AstraZeneca's vaccine supply situation is even more worrying. If a reduction is confirmed, Italy may only receive 3.4 million doses of vaccine in the first quarter of 2021, which is far lower than the original target of 8 million doses.

  Conte stated that delays in shipments from pharmaceutical companies are a serious violation of the spirit of the contract, causing great harm to Italy and other countries, and threatened to take legal actions against Pfizer and others.

  As of the 23rd, the Italians had received 1.31 million doses of vaccine. It is the EU country with the second highest vaccination rate after Germany. Nearly 40,300 of them have received two doses of vaccine.

  According to the epidemic data reported by the Italian Ministry of Civil Defense on the 23rd, in the past 24 hours, there were 13,331 newly confirmed cases and 488 deaths.

As of 18:00 on the 23rd, a total of 2,455,185 confirmed cases nationwide, a total of 85,162 deaths, and 1,871,189 cured cases.

  On the same day, the Italian Minister of Health Speranza signed a decree that starting from January 24, the Lombardy region will be adjusted from a high-risk area of ​​the red epidemic to a moderate prevention area of ​​the orange epidemic.

(Boyuan)