Coldiretti, delayed vaccines cost 350 million a day in non-consumption

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12 April 2021 The change of pace on vaccinations is strategic to save the economy and related activities, says Coldiretti.

According to the largest association representing Italian agriculture, each day of delay in the administration of vaccines costs Italy on average over 350 million in non-consumption, causing a dramatic avalanche effect on employment that is added to the suffering and victims caused by pandemic. 

This is what emerges from the Coldiretti analysis, in reference to the strengthening of the vaccination campaign with the arrival of 360 thousand doses in the Defense hub in Pratica di Mare, with the first shipment of Johnson & Johnson in addition to AstraZeneca vaccines together with Pfizer's weekly slot. .

The change of pace on vaccinations - underlines Coldiretti - is strategic to save the economy and related activities, starting with

and

, which are the most affected with a decline in turnover of 40.2% in 2020;

followed by

which fell by 26.5% and

which fell by 22.8%, but on average consumption decreased by 11.8%. 

The reduction in consumption - observes Coldiretti - overwhelms 360 thousand businesses engaged in catering services including restaurants, taverns, bars, pizzerias and farmhouses with unsold wine and food for a value estimated by Coldiretti at 11.5 billion in a year.

In fact, the closure of the activities weighs on the sale of many agri-food products, from wine to beer, from meat to fish, from fruit to vegetables with consumption outside the home which is worth 1/3 of Italian food spending.