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02 April 2021 On 29 March the framework agreement was signed between Federfarma, Assoferm, the Government, the Regions and the Autonomous Provinces for the administration of anti-Covid vaccines in pharmacies.

As for the organization on how the anti-Coronavirus vaccinations will be administered in the pharmacy and on how you will book your turn to get vaccinated, this will be decided in the first meeting of the State-Regions Conference immediately after Easter.

In the meantime, the pharmacists' Federations have mobilized to identify all the available holders and provide the indications for the course that enables the Sars-Cov-2 vaccination required by law, prepared by the Istituto Superiore di Sanità.

Federfarma has activated the procedures for the recruitment through the provincial organizations that will have to collect the subscriptions and send them to the National Headquarters by 7 April, in order to allow the Commissioner Structure to include the pharmacies in the vaccine distribution plan.

A special application form for pharmacists has been prepared and is an integral part of the framework agreement signed by the Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza, by the President of the Conference of Regions and Autonomous Provinces, Stefano Bonaccini, by the President Federfarma, Marco Cossolo, and by the Assofarm President, Venanzio Gizzi.

Furthermore, all pharmacists - explains

, President of

(Federation of Italian Pharmacist Orders) - have already been given the password to access the training course of the Istituto Superiore di Sanità (Iss) which allows vaccination.

Those who pass the final exam will therefore be able to immediately become part of the categories involved in the vaccination campaign.

"For the first few days - underlines Mandelli - the pharmacist will be supported by a tutor, that is a doctor or a nurse who already has experience in vaccinations. Everything must be done safely: it is already established, for example, that in every pharmacy where he will be once the immunizer has been administered, there will necessarily be a desk with adrenaline syringes ready for use in the event that an allergic reaction occurs immediately after inoculation ".

After receiving the vaccine, the citizen will remain under observation for a quarter of an hour and then can return home.

For the eventuality of adverse events while you are still in the pharmacy, you will call 118.

The procedures "allow you to guarantee the highest levels of safety and to carry out the administration in the pharmacy in complete tranquility - says the President of

- the On this occasion, the pharmacy network will also demonstrate its efficiency and its ability to respond quickly to the health needs of the community ".

He reports that there are already many pharmacists enrolled in the training course prepared by the ISS.

Now the Federations expect the Regions to transpose it and quickly organize the booking procedures, presumably on the Poste platform.

Meanwhile, a total of 501,600 doses of Moderna vaccine and 7,100 of AstraZeneca were delivered yesterday in 93 hospital pharmacies in all 20 regions.