Vaccines, millions of doses on the way. Fontana: "From May 10 in Lombardy, the 50-59 age bracket will be off"

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06 May 2021 With the more regular influx of vaccine supplies, the targets are raised and the age threshold of vaccinators is lowered. "For 50-59 years, reservations start on Monday", announced today the president of Lombardy Attilio Fontana. Fontana added that "unfortunately we are unable to maintain 100 thousand doses per day, at the moment we do 85 thousand, the target has been lowered by General Figliuolo but Lombardy is the only one together with two other regions to maintain and exceed the target. of General Figliuolo ". On the extension to 42 days between the two doses of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, "for those who have already received the reservation, nothing will change, for the others the vaccination centers will evaluate whether to extend the terms", he concluded.

Direct delivery to the regions of over 2.1 million doses of Pfizer vaccine has begun, arriving at the airports of Ancona, Bergamo Orio al Serio, Brescia Montichiari, Bologna, Malpensa, Naples, Pisa, Rome Ciampino and Venice to then be sorted .

Today about 360 thousand doses of the Moderna vaccine will reach the national defense vaccines hub, located inside the military airport of Pratica di Mare and then be delivered in the next few days to the structures designated by the Regions and autonomous Provinces by carriers of the Defense and the Italian Post Office (SDA).

On the initiative of Minister Gelmini, a video conference was held today in which the National Association of Minor Island Municipalities (Ancim) and the Mayors of the minor island municipalities participated, together with the ministers Speranza, Garavaglia, Carfagna, Cingolani, the extraordinary Commissioner Figliuolo and the Head of the Curcio Civil Protection. During the conference, the issue of the launch of the vaccination plan for the Minor Islands was addressed, the implementation of which will begin on 7 May with the island of Capraia and the Aeolian Islands. This was announced by a note from the Covid-19 Commissioner Structure.