Italy reduces the supply of booster doses of the coronavirus vaccine to 4 months

Italy will begin to give the dose of booster vaccine against the coronavirus 4 months after the second inoculation, and you should not wait 6 months as before, as a measure to try to stop the spread of the omicron variant.

This was confirmed to the Italian media by the extraordinary commissioner appointed by the Government to manage the emergency, Francesco Figliuolo. “It will give an additional boost to the campaign; we are running to try to stop the omicron variant “, advancement.

Figliolo also said “worried about the undecided (to be vaccinated), a few million people who could help curb the virus and especially these variants.”

Since February, the vaccination certificate with two doses against the coronavirus, mandatory for many activities, will be valid for six months, while today it was announced that the third can be put after four months.

The epidemiological situation and especially pressure in hospitals is worsening and according to the National Agency for Regional Health Services (Agenas), based on data from December 26, the national average of positions held in intensive care units has reached 12 percent and in nine regions the critical thresholds are exceeded in both parameters (intensive and medical area): Calabria, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Lazio, Liguria, Marche, Piedmont, Veneto and the provinces of Bolzano, Trento.

On the other hand, Figliuolo announced that scientists are studying how to manage quarantines, given the high number of isolated people despite being negative only for one contact. “Now the quarantines are different for vaccinated and unvaccinated, but we are studying what to do,” he added.

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