Covid today Italy, Hope: “Antiviral pill from us? Purchase with the EU the right way”

Covid and the arrival of the antiviral Molnupiravir also in Italy. “We have always believed that shared purchases at a European level are the right way”, said Health Minister Roberto Speranza on the sidelines of the ‘FarmacistaPiù’ event in Rome, promoted by Federfarma. “The model worked for vaccines and I think it should work for other drugs as well.” “But all the hypotheses are in the field” he added about the drug that today received the first green light in Great Britain. “The more the Regions are able to have vaccination coverage, the better they can manage the autumn and winter that are coming, and that for a virus like this these are periods in which it spreads more. “Speaking of what is happening outside our country, Speranza highlighted that” in Italy and in the rest of Europe, the higher the percentage of vaccinated people, the more the shield is In these hours, the numbers of Romania and Bulgaria are further behind on the vaccination campaign and are paying a huge price. Romania – he highlighted – has around 30% vaccinated and yesterday made 592 deaths with less than 20 million of inhabitants. This means that the vaccine is a real tool to manage this phase “. EMERGENCY STATE” The decisions on the state of emergency are taken in the days immediately preceding the expiration date “, that is 31 December. “O today we are more than 60 days and 60 days for an epidemic “like that of Covid-19” is too long a time. What I can say is that, as always, scientific evidence will guide us: we will analyze the epidemiological picture, the situation of vaccines, the circulation of variants, and we will evaluate, as always, by making scientific evidence prevail “.” The epidemic “of Covid- 19 “in Europe shows numbers that are recovering. Infections are growing very significantly, especially in some European countries, but one thing must be said right away “, namely” that the high diffusion of vaccine that exists in European countries is allowing us, especially where the percentage is very significant, to break the chain between the number of infected people and the number of hospitalized and deaths “.” We must look very carefully at these numbers – he added – and see those of Italy which currently has more low from an epidemiological point of view compared to other European countries. And we have higher numbers for vaccinations too. I believe that there is a link that must push us to do more and better “.” Our numbers are very positive: at this moment 86.4% of citizens of vaccinable age have had the first dose of vaccine – concludes Speranza -. These are important numbers but we still ask for an effort “. VACCINE TO CHILDREN” If our scientists tell us that even the “anti-Covid vaccination for children aged 5 to 11” is effective, safe and useful in combating further spread of the virus, we will follow the scientific evidence as we always have “. “As always, we will wait for the official pronouncement of Ema, the European Medicines Agency – he explains – Ema has started the verification of the data available, most likely it will express itself in December and as always we will make scientific evidence prevail”. “In these hours – remembers Speranza – in the United States the vaccination of that age group is also starting”, so “when we reach a pronouncement by Ema we will probably also have accumulated further knowledge that will come from the vaccinations that begin in these hours in the USA. It is clear – the minister repeats – that as always we will make scientific evidence prevail. yesterday evening and authorizing people who have completed the “anti-Covid” vaccination cycle with vaccines not recognized by Ema to administer a booster dose with a vaccine to mRna “. “The circular states that, if the booster dose arrives within 6 months or after 28 days of completing the vaccination cycle with a vaccine not approved by Ema, there is an equivalence and a current decree provides that you can have the Green pass” .