The first doses of the coronavirus vaccine will arrive in Italy at the end of the year
Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio announced on Friday (16) that the country will begin the vaccination campaign against covid-19 from January 2021. The first doses of the vaccine will arrive in Italy at the end of the year.
“From January onwards we will start vaccinating”, stated the chancellor during the recording of the TV program “Acordo e Desacordos”.
“The first doses of the vaccine will arrive in Italy at the end of the year. And, starting in January, we will start vaccinating”, stated the chancellor during the recording of the TV program “Acordo e Desacordos”.
Di Maio explained that the Italian government signed an agreement with several European countries that provides for 250 million doses of vaccine against Covid-19.
“We will be able to breathe and it will also be a sign of confidence for world markets”, he added.
Last week, the Italian minister had already announced that the first doses of the vaccine created by the University of Oxford will arrive in the country by the end of the year.
Italy is experiencing a time of concern due to the increase in the number of new cases of Covid-19. However, despite the growth, the Italian government has ruled out enacting a second national lockdown. Today, the country registered the unprecedented number of more than 10 thousand infections in a single day. (HANDLE)
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