Third vaccine dose, Ricciardi: “For everyone when the second expires”

The third dose of the anti covid vaccine in Italy? “We started with the most fragile people but slowly in 2022 we must cover everyone, because Israel has taught us that revaccinating the whole population stops this fourth wave which unfortunately has begun. When between January-February-March the six months from the second dose expire. of the vast majority of Italians, it will be necessary to reactivate mass vaccination with the help of general practitioners and vaccination centers “. This was stated by Walter Ricciardi, consultant to the Minister of Health Roberto Speranza, guest of ‘Agorà’ on RaiTre. Read also “We have excellent vaccination coverage and this is protecting us from a disproportionate increase that is occurring in Germany, in Austria, we are not talking about Eastern Europe which is experiencing the worst moment since the beginning of the pandemic and the mortality rate in Romania it is 35 times that of Italy. However, we have about 7 million citizens who are not yet vaccinated, so the goal of autumn-winter is to vaccinate these people and then re-protect as Israel taught us, we need to re-protect the population with a booster dose “, he underlines.” The state of emergency continues in fact – continues Ricciardi -, you will see that these cases will continue to increase, fortunately to a lesser extent than in other countries. The whole world is inflamed by this pandemic wave, it is absolutely necessary try to prepare to survive the winter and arrive at spring in better conditions and this can only be done in a condition of extraordinary operation “.