Covid, Locatelli (Cts): with ok Ema-Aifa, vaccines for safe children

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November 19, 2021 The coordinator of the Scientific Technical Committee Franco Locatelli claims to take into consideration the vaccination obligation for some categories of workers, such as the police, public administration and professors. While on the extension of the obligation to all, he considers it "an extreme option". The Coordinator of the CTS announces to the press that when Ema and Aifa approve the pediatric vaccines, it will begin with the administration to children: "the greatest increase in infections was in the pediatric range 6-11 years, which is the one in which no vaccination has begun ".

Vaccinations for children will start when the approval of Ema and Aifa arrives and must be done "to protect them from severe or prolonged forms - rare but present - to guarantee school attendance, and protect their social spaces". Thus the coordinator of the Superior Health Council, who underlines: "the safety profile of mRna vaccines is absolutely reassuring".   

The duration of the green pass reduced to 9 months from the beginning of December, the third dose for everyone as soon as possible, bringing the interval between the conclusion of the vaccination cycle and the recall to five months and the possibility of evaluate restrictions on entry into Italy also from European countries (if the EU were to revise the rules for travel).   

Locatelli stressed that "we have evidence from Israel that the booster dose has contributed not only to strengthen protection against serious illness, but also to markedly reduce viral circulation".

In recent days - continues the CTS coordinator - "they had 430-450 cases of infection per day while in September they had much higher numbers".

The booster dose can also help restore a sort of "sterilizing immunity", which helps reduce viral circulation, "he concluded.