Vaccine 5-11 years Lombardia, Bertolaso: “Even on Christmas day”

“Lombardy is ready to vaccinate children.” This is what the consultant for the vaccination campaign of Lombardy, Guido Bertolaso, told TeleLombardia, specifying that immunizations will also be done on Christmas day. “This afternoon we had a meeting with all the directors of the Ats and Asst and we have defined in detail what the vaccination plan will be for children aged 5 to 11 ”. ” We are aware – he said in an interview for the Iceberg Lombardia program – that vaccination is the most difficult, the most delicate, the most complex and therefore we have imagined in each province a large vaccination center dedicated to children with a more favorable environment, calmer, I would like to say even more fun as possible so that the children accompanied by their parents can go, maybe play, have fun, in the meantime also take this sting and then maybe continue to have fun. And I think this is a practical and useful way to facilitate this procedure, to convince parents that they will find a staff at their disposal to resolve the last doubts and give all the information ”. At the end of this week ” we will also open reservations for vaccinations from 5 to 11 years, we will start on December 16 and we plan to vaccinate about 40-50 thousand children a week over the course of the possibilities we have made available. The children to be vaccinated are over 600 thousand, those ranging from 5 to 11 years and living in Lombardy. We hope to be able to vaccinate them even during the holiday period, when perhaps they have more time: we will put vaccination schedules that take into account the fact that parents work and children go to school so we will insist more on vaccination spaces during the afternoon, even in the late afternoon and a lot also on Saturdays and Sundays. So even during the Christmas holidays, even on Christmas day everyone can go and get vaccinated, not only children aged 5 to 11 but all those who want to do it: the vaccination centers will be open one per province, everywhere in Lombardy ”. According to Bertolaso ​​” it will be a peaceful Christmas. A Christmas of work for all those who are vaccinating, a Christmas of great commitment, but I would also like to point out that this increase in beds is not a trick that has been prepared by the general direction of Welfare to remain in the white zone. Until the other day, Lombardy, from this point of view, had a lower number of beds for Covid than regions such as Emilia Romagna or Veneto, which we know have a population that is half of that living in Lombardy. . So now Lombardy, which had an underestimated number of beds to manage the Covid emergency, has adapted to the averages of the other regions and therefore we have enough space. I believe that we should remain in the white zone especially if we are able to get those 90-100 thousand vaccinations a day from today until December 25, which are the best way to stem the spread of the epidemic and stop the wave that is growing ”. Quai fears for the diffusion and the avriante Omicron ” Lombardy is no longer afraid of anything after what it experienced last year. I believe she is vaccinated against the most difficult, most critical situations. I think there is nothing to be afraid of, we are also monitoring this situation, it seems to me that it is better than other regions also from this point of view of the Omicron ”.