“The pandemic” of covid 19 “does not leave us alone. There is a neglected theme: the vaccination campaign is at stake. I saw the data and I got a little angry: in the last few weeks we have lost 40% to 18% less when it comes to new vaccines. In the last one, from 14 to 20 March, we only received a little more than 20 thousand new vaccinates, of which about 4 thousand in the range between 5 and 11 years, 11,400 in the range between 12 and 49 and just over 4,700 in the over 50 “. This was stated by the president of the Gimbe Foundation, Nino Cartabellottato the microphones of the program ‘Italy has awakened’ on Radio Cusano Campus.
“This means that, beyond the viral circulation – he continues – the vaccination campaign has pulled the oars into the boat. Another indicator of this trend is that of pediatric vaccination, in which we have practically stopped for weeks. We are at 33, 3% at the national level as regards the double dose, but there are large regional differences. For example, Puglia vaccinated almost 50% of children with double dose, while the province of Bolzano 17.4% and the Marche the 19.4%. “
“Another fact that surprised me – underlines Cartabellotta – is the fourth dose, currently intended only for less than 800 thousand people, the most fragile and immunosuppressed. On a national level, we are at 5.6% coverage, despite the campaign having started more than a month ago. “
For Cartabellotta “it is not a wave like the one at the beginning of the year, but the numbers are starting to become important. In the large regions of the North, which have over 20 million inhabitants and, therefore, more than a third of the Italian population, there is a circulation of the virus that is about half of that of the Center-South. If this also affected the northern regions, the numbers would be much heavier, because they are the regions with the most inhabitants “.
“Even with a less severe variant, when there are many cases – goes on – the numbers also affect hospital data. Two interesting data relate to ICU admissions: they fell from mid-January to early March and are now stable. There has been a slowdown that tells us that there are more people who are suffering from a severe form of the disease. Another data – he concludes – is that relating to deaths: this decline in numbers has also stopped “.
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