Agreement signed between general practitioners and the Puglia Region for anti-Covid vaccinations © nc
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“The goal achieved today is an important goal that can be fully respected thanks to the collaboration of general practitioners and the effort of the ASL if there are adequate and constant supplies of vaccines by the central government”. Thus the regional health councilor of the Puglia Region, Pierluigi Lopalco, comments on the signing of the agreement between the Region and general practitioners for the continuation of the strategic anti-COVID-19 vaccination plan. «We have collected many suggestions to improve our strategy – continues Lopalco – let’s start immediately and we will have all the strength and capillarity on the territory of general practitioners who will allow us to speed up vaccination. Obviously, when the vaccines arrive. For the moment, until the end of the month, with the available doses and thanks to general practitioners, we will be able to complete the vaccination of those over 80, both among those who have booked for vaccination clinics and for those who have requested home vaccination. Finally they can be contacted, a date will be set and they will be vaccinated as soon as possible. Thanks to all the general practitioners who will make it possible to secure the population ». According to the director of the Health Policies Department, Vito Montanaro, «we have collected the requests from every member of the table, we have carried out a long work that has led us to achieve a result that still does not appear to have been achieved in other regions. We approve an organizational procedure for vaccines in the clinic and at home with the maximum sharing of the table ».
From March 15, the home vaccination campaign for over 80s who cannot go to a vaccination point starts: the vaccine will be Moderna or Pfizer. Other citizens over 80 who have booked an appointment at home for the first dose through the Cups will be contacted to fix the final appointment. For people between the ages of 75 and 79 and between 70 and 74, for people at increased risk if they get the infection between the ages of 66 and 69, and for people between 66 and 69, the vaccine will be the Pfizer. The call mode will be organized as follows: citizens will be able to book the first dose through Cup services; the appointment for the second dose will be fixed during the first administration. People with increased risk between 18 and 65 and people between 55 and 65 will be offered the AstraZeneca vaccine by general practitioners. The vaccination campaign for teaching and non-teaching staff of schools and universities will be completed by 14 March.
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