Covid: grandparents without the vaccine, the over 80s still waiting

Egidia turns 90 on May 1st. He lives in Italy and has not yet received the Covid vaccine. It is not the only one. Lot of over eighty they are in the same condition and are the most fragile, those with the highest mortality rate. For the most part it is the elderly who live at home and who have difficulty getting around.

The case of Mrs. Egidia is known, but not resolved. The general practitioner put her on the list of people to be vaccinated. The nurse at home that the visit every week has inserted his name in the list made by the ASL.

The family called the regional toll-free number to put her on the lists of people to be vaccinated.

Everyone knows there is, but no way has been found to vaccinate her. He lives in the countryside and is not self-sufficient. Stopped in bed, she can’t move to get the vaccine. And this does not come from her. We need to find other people who are close to avoid wasting doses of the serum, which, in his case, would be Pfizer, therefore also with storage problems. It is a problem of logistics, management of times, displacements and doses

Not everyone is the same, but there are many, according to the data published by the Republic, who have not had the vaccine in the groups most at risk. These 4.4 million fragile citizens should receive Pfizer or Moderna. Their coverage is just over 40%. Those who live in the RSA who have been protected are excluded. Those who live at home, on the other hand, seem unattainable.

Those who can move have been called, but with long times and various modalities. In part it is also a problem of stocks: for example, Tuscany has vaccinated many non-health personnel of the ASL and is late in the eighties that it plans to vaccinate by May. In Lazio there is a 66% coverage of over 80s, excluding those in the RSA, but only those in contact with patients have been vaccinated in the hospital. The blanket is short, if you cover one side you reveal the other and in many regions the most people remain uncovered weak.

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