2023-09-27 19:16:19
Covid in Italy, the new circular on vaccines arrives. Here are the measures. “A booster dose of the Covid vaccine, with the described updated formulation, is actively offered to the categories” at risk, over 60s, guests of long-term care facilities, frail people, pregnant and postpartum women; health and socio-health workers” reads the circular on the vaccination campaign, signed by the director of Prevention of the Ministry of Health, Francesco Vaia, seen by time.news Salute. “Upon request and subject to availability of doses, vaccination can also be made available to those who do not fall into the “at risk” categories. The recall is normally valid for 12 months”.
“The national autumn and winter vaccination campaign against Covid-19 will currently make use of the new monovalent formulations of the Comirnaty vaccine (Omicron XBB 1.5)” by Pfizer-BionTech. The document specifies that the vaccination booster is recommended “6 months after the last dose received or the last infection (date of the positive diagnostic test), regardless of the number of previous events (doses received or diagnosis of infection)” and “normally” is valid for 12 months. “If for clinical or other evaluations it becomes necessary to vaccinate before 6 months – we read in the text of the circular – it is represented that the Summary of Product Characteristics (Rcp) of Comirnaty XBB 1.5 reports, as vaccination timing, a distance of at least 3 months from the most recent vaccine dose. It is also underlined that a recent SarS-CoV-2 infection does not represent a contraindication to vaccination”.
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