The Covid situation in Italy “is constantly improving because the large vaccination campaign and other behavioral measures, such as the Green pass, are enormously reducing the circulation of the virus. But there are still millions of unvaccinated people and around 8 million people who have to take the third dose. So we must continue to keep our guard up and not let it down, because in fact respiratory viruses are always in circulation ”. Walter Ricciardi, consultant to the Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza, tells Rai Radio1, guest of the program ‘In Vivavoce’.
How is the administration of the Novavax vaccine going? “Well even if it has only just begun.” This vaccine is said to be able to convince those who have been skeptical so far. For what reason? “Because it’s a ‘traditional’ vaccine, so to speak. All the vaccines in circulation, however, are safe and have saved us, this must always be reiterated and remembered “.
As for the Covid situation in Ukrainebefore the outbreak of the war “was problematic, as in all of Eastern Europe. We have more data from Russia and there the situation is tragic, there is a vaccination coverage of 54% of the population, and this has resulted in hundreds of thousands of In Ukraine we have less data available but we think that the protection is even lower than in Russia, so it is even more problematic, ”says Ricciardi.
How should we organize ourselves from this point of view to welcome refugees from war? “The regions that welcome these refugees will have to equip themselves to vaccinate them – suggests Ricciardi – In the vast majority of cases, especially for elderly people, this has not been done at home and therefore we will have to equip ourselves to do it here”.