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29 July 2021 "For the government, the vaccination campaign is truly the fundamental tool to end such a difficult season. Even

in the age group between 12 and 19, the numbers are encouraging.

Ema and Aifa have approved these vaccines also for this age group. age, we have confidence in our international institutions. Those who get vaccinated not only protect themselves, but help everyone else ".

The Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza, said this in answering the Senate Question Time.



In that age group even though the administration "started much later:

30% of vaccinable people received the first dose and 15% also the second dose

". More generally, Speranza recalled that so far" 67 million doses have been administered "and that" 66% of the vaccinable population has received the first dose and 58% the second dose. "Even

in the 12-17 age group. "Vaccination protects those who receive the vaccine

, because even in this range there are serious cases, we have also seen it in a recent news story, how an eleven-year-old lost her life. In addition, those who get vaccinated not only protect themselves but help protect everyone else, there is no doubt that a vaccination in that age group will reduce the circulation of the virus "said the minister.



On the reopening of the school he reiterates:" We are working to build ways that allow us one

recovery and a restart in the presence and safety "of the school

" this is the government's objective. Our Minister of Education has opened a confrontation with the social partners, with the trade unions, with all the various representatives of the school world, there is an open discussion with the Regions, certainly will not miss a very strong initiative on this too. theme to achieve an objective that we consider strategic ". He adds:" The school issue is a priority, I am confident that

next week will be the right one for an organic intervention

for a return to presence and insecurity ".

" 41.3 million greens downloaded

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pass "

"This morning at 7 am 41.3 million green passes were downloaded in Italy", with a growth of 1.2 million per day. Data that signal "a digital turnaround in our country" then underlined the minister in response to a parliamentary question in the Senate. "The green pass is an essential piece of the management strategy of this epidemic phase, different because with a high number of people vaccinated - said Speranza - and can help us make the places where it is applied safer and help limit restrictions" .



The minister then announced that in the next few hours it

will be possible to download the green pass also from the portal of the Ministry of Health.

 "The number of certificates downloaded is significant, growing at the rate of one million per day. The ministerial machine is still at work to intervene on specific cases. The possibility that it will arrive in the next few hours to be able to automatically download the code, but the 'Io' app, pharmacies and general practitioners have already achieved an important result ".



Soon the problem of Italians enrolled in Aire, the register of Italians abroad, should also be solved: "Compared to Aire, there is work in progress, I hope it can lead to a solution next week" he said.