In Biella this week some inoculations were missed; in Alexandria three public vaccination centers remained closed and a private center that was ready to leave did not open after receiving a communication from the ASL: “There are no doses, it is useless to start now”. If we talk about family doctors who were reluctant to offer their availability, some of those who had joined enthusiastically were sent home. On Friday some young doctors on duty in via Schio and via Gorizia saw their commitment reduced: “Sorry if we are not able to do the monthly shifts as decided, but yesterday afternoon we were informed of the number of doctors they needed. in vaccine centers. Due to a reduction in doses, there will only be four per shift. “
Certainly not so serious as to severely slow down the machine, but not so light as not to worry the Region and the Crisis Unit on the success of the plan to accelerate the inoculations, a promise of twenty thousand doses per day at the beginning of next week. Yesterday the figure was close to: 18,770 injections in one day, never so many. Of these, 11,840 were made over 80. In 8,906 cases, the second dose was treated.
Tomorrow and Tuesday the governor Alberto Cirio will have talks with the Minister for Regional Affairs Maria Stella Gelmini and General Francesco Paolo Figliuolo (who in these hours announces 2.9 million doses next week) to ask for an advance on direct deliveries to Piedmont. The councilor for health Luigi Icardi confirms the difficulties of these days: “This week Pfizer’s trays will arrive on Wednesday and not Tuesday and already this shift risks generating some problems because we are now at a percentage of 95% of what we have received. Modern it does not have large supplies and we must be sure we have the booster vials. Better go with AstraZeneca, but let’s not forget that tomorrow family doctors will start vaccinating citizens aged 70 to 79 in their offices “.
In stock there are 106,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine, 35,000 in stock by Moderna but only 29,000 by Pfizer and no more will arrive until Wednesday. In parallel, the number of vaccination centers is growing, with 24 private ones. A figure that will increase further to involve 50, promises the Region.
The infections recorded yesterday on the Covid platform confirm that the goal of steadily falling below the 2,000 positives per day is far away: 2,636 cases in the last 24 hours, 49 deaths, intensive care units and wards still under pressure, albeit with smaller increases.
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