The fourth dose of vaccine for over 60s and frailties is underway, regardless of age. «The ECDC and the EMA have opened the administration of the fourth dose of the vaccine also to people over 60 years of age. We will adapt our guidelines, circulars and directions to this determination. We will immediately open the administration of the fourth dose to people over 60 on our territories “. The Minister of Health Roberto Speranza responded immediately to the decision of the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control and the European Medicines Agency recommending the administration of the second booster of the Covid vaccine to all those over 60 and to vulnerable people by updating the April guidelines.
“There is no time to waste on the new vaccination campaign for the over 60 and vulnerable people,” said the EU Commissioner for Health. Stella Kyriakides. “I urge Member States to immediately launch a second recall for all people over 60 and for all vulnerable people, and I urge all those who have the right to come forward and get vaccinated.”
In Italy, the regions are preparing for the reopening of the hubs to restart with a new phase of the vaccination campaign in the autumn, but as regards the fourth dose for over 60 and over 80, the system should refer to primary care physicians, pharmacies and vaccination centers in some hospitals. After the end of the state of emergency there is no longer the structure of General Figliuolo who coordinated the organizational machine.
The fourth dose campaign, the second recall for the over 80s, guests of the RSA and those who have been included in the categories at risk with an age between 60 and 79 years. Less than 30 percent have taken the fourth dose as new ones take hold Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 variants. The death rate for Covid is 7 times higher for the unvaccinated than for those who are protected with full booster vaccination according to the latest extended report from the Higher Institute of Health. The risk is up to 3.5 times higher than ICU admission.
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Source: Vanity Fair
