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January 25, 2021 "It was unthinkable that everything could go smoothly under pressure. You don't start a dispute with who should help you".

This was stated by Andrea Crisanti, virologist, director of the Microbiology department of the University of Padua, speaking to RaiNews 24 about the delay in the delivery of vaccines and therefore the possible legal action by Italy against Pfizer.

The litigation?

"I consider it absolutely not credible. It is not feasible and also counterproductive - he explained - not feasible because the contracts were stipulated by the European Community, so the European Community should open the dispute in the case, but it has been rather lukewarm on the issue. , there are no disputes with those who should help you ".

According to Crisanti, "the production for third parties is something that normally happens but here we are faced with an innovative technology that can also be used for other purposes, from the production of antibodies to gene therapies. I see it difficult therefore, that the giants at this time can transfer their knowledge ".

There are over 100 thousand recalls of the anti-Covid vaccine made so far in Italy.

Starting today, priority will be given to second doses, Sileri announces in light of the delays of Pfizer and AstraZeneca.

From this week "we will have 20% fewer vials", warns Arcuri, adding with skepticism that if we had the doses announced by the pharmaceutical companies "by the autumn we could vaccinate 45 million Italians".

In this first phase of anti-Covid vaccinations, in Italy "110,000 elderly people over 80 are vaccinated: a number that is a drop in the bucket, at the moment ", considering that the population over 80 is" 4 and a half million ".

The point is made by Pierpaolo Sileri, Deputy Minister of Health, who speaking at '24 Mattino 'on Radio 24 reiterates: "In my opinion, mass vaccination for the elderly has been postponed by 4 weeks", due to delays in the delivery of Pfizer doses / BioNTech and the problems already announced by Astra Zeneca.       

"The problem will be overcome in the next few hours and the vaccination campaign can continue. Pfizer's delay is linked to the industry's need to carry out works inside the factories to produce more vials, the problem seems to have already been overcome and Pfizer he declared that from February 1st we will return to normal with the recovery of missing doses ", explained the deputy minister.

"If we look at the number of doses administered we are almost 1 million and 400 thousand. We still have to give the second dose to all the health personnel, and to complete this million and 400 thousand we will find ourselves 21 days from today: we have arrived at the end of February. 4 and a half million elderly subjects over 80 years of age, so even continuing as we have done so far and adding the doses of Moderna, we will arrive in March to vaccinate 4.5 million elderly people on a large scale ".

The deputy minister then insists on the importance of the reminders: "Maybe I am a doctor, but by vaccination I mean having completed the 2 doses - he specifies - If you only do one it is like not having done it, beyond what is said" and that is "that maybe you have a lower immunity" but it exists.

"But it is a risk that I would not take because it goes out of trials", as predicted in the studies on which the authorization of the vaccines approved to date was based: "After the second dose you have immunity, with one it is like not have protected ".