The Italian town where Cinema Paradiso was filmed has already vaccinated against COVID-19 “104%” of its population

The small Sicilian village of Palazzo Adriano (south of Italy), scene of the movie “Cinema Paradiso”, is an example in the campaign to fight the pandemic not only because it has vaccinated absolutely all its neighbors, but also because it has managed to immunize 104% of the census, even clicking those who were on the way.

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Among the 1,880 inhabitants of this village of cobbled streets and old ocher rock buildings, close to the regional capital, Palermo, there are no “anti-vaccines” and those who did were convinced, which has meant that they did not register a single case of COVID- 19 since last August, contrasting with the upward trend across Europe.

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But in addition, Palazzo Adriano stands out in Italian statistics because its vaccination data exceed one hundred percent. He has immunized neither more nor less than 104% of his census.

This curiosity, a priori utopian, is due to the fact that the Italian health authorities count the percentage of vaccinated over the total population of a certain city, which allows to exceed the maximum in case of vaccinating people not registered in the municipality.

And this has happened in Palazzo Adriano, whose central square will be familiar to any movie lover, as Giuseppe Tornatore filmed the Oscar-winning “Cinema Paradiso” (1988) there.

Its mayor, Nicolò Granà, explains to Efe that they exceeded the list of people to be vaccinated by puncturing residents of other municipalities and the 150 immigrants who reside in their immigrant center.

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But the task was not easy and is that when the vaccination campaign began in Italy, a year ago, this small town located at the foot of the Sicani mountains ran into a problem: the closest large health centers were within 40 minutes by car.

This distance made difficult not only the administration of the vaccine to the elderly but also the predisposition of people to get vaccinated, so the city council came to the conclusion that if people could not go to the vaccine, the vaccine should go to they.

With this premise in mind, the councilor managed to carry out the procedures with the regional health authorities and family doctors to deliver the vaccines and begin to supply them.

In this way, a vaccination campaign was started organized on established days in which whoever wanted could stop by the museum dedicated to the film, of which they have made a tourist claim, to receive their dose among the photographs dedicated to the filming.

“People who were elderly or who could not leave home were vaccinated directly at home, thanks to the doctors who, at the end of the day, made a round of visits to the houses of the town,” says Granà.

According to the mayor, the key to all this has been “word of mouth” among the neighbors, who, seeing that people were vaccinated, were encouraged to do so, managing to convince even some reluctant to the drug, especially at the beginning.

“We managed to talk to them and explain to them that the important thing about the vaccine was for everyone to get vaccinated to achieve immunity for the entire community,” explains Granà, who admits to being satisfied with the “calm” way in which the entire process took place.

ITALY WANTS MORE IMMUNIZED

Although other municipalities are close to the success rate of Palazzo Adriano, such as the towns in the Lombardy region (northern Italy), Premana with 100% vaccinated or Brinzio with 97%, coronavirus cases in the country continue to rise .

For this reason, the Government of Rome has reinforced the measures with the aim of encouraging the rate of vaccinated with the complete schedule, which according to the latest data from the Ministry of Health is 84.9%.

For the Sicilian mayor, the milestone achieved by the residents of the town, who are already getting vaccinated with the third dose, is evidence of the importance of the vaccine, since “the more vaccinated there are, the stronger society will be against it. virus”.

“We have given a demonstration of great civility, showing that the entire population has come together to fight the virus,” concludes Granà, who hopes that her people will serve as an example for other cities in Italy and Europe.

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