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Coronavirus – Italy: Third installment for 16-year-olds – Over 50,000 new cases

Its administration third dose of the vaccine against coronavirus will be extended to young people aged 16 and 17, as well as adolescents aged 12 to 15 belonging to vulnerable groups, decided the Italian Ministry of Health.

At the same time, the Italian Medicines Agency is expected to decide, in January, if the booster dose can be given to all adolescents aged 12 to 15 years.

Today, at Italy the new cases of coronavirus are 50,599, the highest number of infections since the beginning of the pandemic. The deaths are 141 and in a total of 929,775 diagnostic tests, 5.4% tested positive.

All holidays were canceled on New Year’s Eve

Due to the continuous increase of infections, the government of Mario Draghi banned all outdoor festivals, as well as those indoors, on New Year’s Eve.

The owners of discos, clubs, hotels expressed bitterness and frustration, emphasizing that the financial damage will be huge. Health Minister Roberto Speranza, however, replied that there was absolutely no alternative at this stage.

Finally, when it comes to the traditional, Christmas Eve dinner and tomorrow’s Christmas meal, outside of many pharmacies and at this time in Italian cities there are queues of citizens trying to reduce anxiety and the risk of infection, with diagnostic tests .

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