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June 15, 2021 "It is not the Regions that go in no particular order, I think there has been a lot of confusion on Astrazeneca by the regulatory bodies". Thus the president of the Conference of the Regions Massimiliano Fedriga, to RaiNews24. "First - says Fedriga - the vaccine was indicated for the under 55, then for everyone and finally for the over 60".



"This convulsive communication worries me, it risks damaging the campaign. It is important that the scientific community find a unanimous voice, it is not a debate in a scientific journal but a communication that must be made to the population with the utmost clarity and transparency" .



Fundamental single voice

"I think it is essential" a single voice regarding the anti-Coronavirus vaccines. "I understand that the world of science, in revisions, insights and corrections, develops and grows, but we must keep in mind that we are facing the largest vaccination campaign in history and we must involve citizens on this. This is achieved by using messages. clear and you cannot think of speaking to the population as if you were in front of a congress of scientists, you have to use clarity ".



Warning and precautions on the Delta variant

"There is no doubt that on the Indian variant it is necessary to have the right attention and precautions". Fedriga told RaiNews24. He then explained that the first studies from Great Britain "show that vaccines on hospitalizations and therefore on the aggravation of the disease are very effective in reducing it and almost canceling it", with "efficacy rates exceeding 90%". At the same time, however, "it is true that vaccines are a little less effective as regards the possibility of infecting other people".



On the country's great effort tampons

On tracking for Coronavirus and in particular "on molecular and unsanitary tampons, the country is making a great effort". "In March last year we made very few swabs and we did not have the tools and staff to do them and as regards all the prevention activity that deals with tracking, I remember that the Regions have rolled up their sleeves and we are making a number of swabs important. Today with a lower number of infections, tracing is more effective and is able to contain much more new outbreaks ".



All regions have respected the indications

"All the Regions, both those who organized the" AstraDays "and those who did not, such as Friuli Venezia Giulia, respected the indications that arrived on a national scale". "The national indications gave a margin of action on the use of vaccines and some Regions, probably due to their organization and participation in the campaign, made choices and others, such as Friuli Venezia Giulia, instead decided to maintain a prudential line, that is to use viral vector vaccines for the over 60s ".



Discos

"Discos have been closed for a year and a half, if not for a small interlude last summer, and have been accused of being great spreaders of the virus; I don't think it was like that."



"The data show that the variants present last summer were very different from those present in October last year and therefore it was not the discos that started the infections again". "There is no doubt that caution must be used and it is clear that we are talking about an activity where contact exists and there is closeness between people, but we cannot think of hitting a sector by making it pass for the great propagator of the virus because this is not the case ".