Covid, Hope: the over 60s now take the fourth dose. In September at school without a mask

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in view of the autumn months. 

Covid "is still an open problem. There is an indication of the two international organizations of reference, the European Medicines Agency and the European Center for Disease Control and Surveillance, which invite all people over sixty to a further dose of booster.

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So on RTL 102.5 the Minister of Health,

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With the fourth dose of the anti-Covid vaccine, Speranza explained, "we left in Italy, we must insist on this point, it is a question of protecting the most fragile. At the moment the indication is over sixty and the frail of all ages. . As always, Italy will follow the instructions of the international scientific authorities ". 

The minister then underlined that "we have tools that we did not have in the most difficult first months. The vaccination campaign in Italy has had an extraordinarily positive impact. The vaccine has a first fundamental function, which is to reduce hospitalization and prevent relapses. too heavy on our National Health Service. Over 90% of people who have had the vaccine in Italy over the age of twelve have enabled us to face the significant numbers of contagion in recent months in a more positive way ". 

Compared to administering the 4 / a dose to the over 60s, "in the meantime - he found -

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We must insist, this percentage must grow.

The hope is that with the recovery in September there may be an increase in people who decide to protect themselves also in view of the season which for covid is traditionally the most complex, therefore autumn and winter.

My appeal to people over sixty is to book the fourth dose, an important shield ". Speranza also recalled that" procedures are underway for the authorization of new vaccines, the ability of vaccines to prevent hospitalizations is positive. .

Science continues to adapt its indications to the evolution of variants ". The vaccines we have today, she concluded," are useful and positive. 

Will the school mask be compulsory in September?

"At the start, certainly not, then the epidemiological picture will be evaluated step by step. The hope is that we can use the theme of recommendation and individual responsibility over obligation. I would be a little more cautious in saying no mask".

Thus the Minister of Health Hope at RTL 102.5.

"No obligation - he specified - however, does not mean no mask, this is true for a stadium, for an evening at the cinema or at the theater. To say that there is no obligation always means assuming an element of individual responsibility".