Second dose AstraZeneca for under 60: how to request it

Yes to the second dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine even to people under 60 with informed consent. “Today the Technical Scientific Committee met to which I had posed a question for clarification on heterologous vaccination. The response of the CTS is that there is a recommendation, a very strong indication, for the use of heterologous for people under the 60 years who have used the AstraZeneca vaccine in the first dose, but the possibility remains open for those who request it, on the basis of a medical consent, to be able to also use the second dose under the age of 60 “, specified the Minister of Health , Roberto Speranza, at a press conference with Prime Minister Mario Draghi and the coronavirus emergency commissioner, Francesco Paolo Figliuolo, for updates on the anti-Covid vaccination campaign. Read also “We reiterate with all energy – added the minister – that the priority is of a generational nature: we must absolutely complete the vaccination of the most fragile categories, which are those who, encountering the virus, risk paying the highest price”. Today I signed an ordinance that brings 99% of our country into the white zone and if this happens, something that might have seemed difficult a few weeks ago, it is first of all thanks to a very strong vaccination campaign that we are carrying out in the Country. So the basic message we want to give to all Italians is to keep vaccinating, because the vaccine is the fundamental weapon we have to end this season “, said Speranza. Second dose AstraZeneca, Draghi:” Who wants can do it “” If a person under 60 has taken the first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine and is offered the heterologous vaccination but does not want to, this person is free to take the second dose of AstraZeneca can to have a doctor’s opinion and well-informed consent “. These were the words of Prime Minister Mario Draghi at the press conference. “There has been some confusion in the last few days, I would like to reiterate some points. First: getting vaccinated is essential. The worst thing you can do is not get vaccinated or get vaccinated with a single dose. Second: the heterologous works, I myself am booked on Tuesday to do the heterologous vaccination. I am over 70, the first dose of AstraZeneca gave a low antibody response and I am advised to be heterologous, which works for me and works even more for those under 60 and 70. Third point: if a person under 60 has taken the first dose of AstraZeneca and is offered the heterologous vaccination but does not want to, this person is free to take the second dose of AstraZeneca as long as they have a doctor’s opinion and well-informed consent. The worst thing to do in those cases is not to take a second dose. If these people don’t want heterologous, they can do the second dose of AstraZeneca, ”he said.