Astrazeneca, second dose under 60: in Lazio 10% did not show up

After the new indications on the administration of the AstraZeneca anti-Covid vaccine to the over 60s and the ok to the heterologous recall for the under 60s, in Lazio “the vaccination campaign” against Covid-19 “is proceeding regularly and with serenity, yesterday 64,541 administrations above the assigned target were performed. In the last 3 days, over 8 thousand heterologous boosters were performed of users under 60 who had taken the first dose of vaccine with AstraZeneca, in particular 7,443 with Pfizer and 812 with Moderna. a share of about 10% that did not show up and will be recalled in order to complete the vaccination course according to national provisions “. To make the point is the Crisis Unit of the Lazio Region in a note, announcing that it has requested the opinion of the Ministry of Health. “There are some people who in a conscious and informed way ask to complete the vaccination process for immunization with the same vaccine, that is AstraZeneca. For this quota of people we asked the Ministry of Health to give an opinion regarding a specific informed consent. so that the doctor in science and conscience can decide, since it is important, in order to achieve immunization, that vaccination courses are completed “. “Nobody should be left behind with the recall, especially in the face of the onset of variants”, underlines the Crisis Unit.