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April 22, 2021 The extraordinary commissioner, Francesco Paolo Figliuolo, visited two vaccination hubs operating in Basilicata today, together with the Head of the Civil Protection Department, Fabrizio Curcio. The visit took place with the President of the Region, Vito Bardi, and involved the '' Madonna delle Grazie '' hospital in Matera and the San Carlo civil hospital in Potenza.



The commissioner expressed his appreciation for the progress of the vaccination campaign in Basilicata, which is in line with the administration objectives and records good results even for the categories of the most vulnerable people, following the commissioner's order no. gave absolute priority to people over 80 and the frail and then moved on to the 70-79 age group.



'' In Basilicata the stress test was a success, exceeding 3,600 daily administrations, a goal necessary to reach the target set at the end of the month by the plan '' - said General Figliuolo - who announced "the arrival from 27 to April 29 nationwide of over 2.5 million doses of vaccines, to which a further 2.6 million doses will be added, arriving from April 30 to May 5 ".



The commissioner then highlighted the positive synergy existing in the Region between associations, volunteers, Civil Protection, doctors, nurses and socio-health workers, also underlining the important tracking activity through tampons conducted since last November at the drive-in in Potenza. from the Navy.



The visit ended with a meeting between the extraordinary commissioner, the Head of the Civil Protection Department, the President of the Region, the Regional Health Councilor and the prefects of Potenza and Matera.