Third dose, Bassetti: “Those who have not responded to 2 doses may not respond”

On the anti covid vaccine, “those who have not responded to two doses may also not respond with the third, or it will take a mix of vaccines, but today it is clear that it was decided to give the third dose and not to subject everyone to tests that they are also an unattainable cost for the National Health Service “. This was stated to Adnkronos Health Matteo Bassetti, director of the infectious diseases department at the San Martino hospital in Genoa, commenting on the OK of the Technical Scientific Commission (Cts) of the Italian drug agency Aifa to the administration of the third dose of anti- Covid. According to Bassetti, “the timing of the third dose is still good: first we start with the immunosuppressed and after that it will be done to the elderly in the RSA in December and then to the health workers for whom I would talk about booster doses that will be done once there. year, so January is right “.