Doctors’ orders: “Every month 1,500 operators are infected, the third dose must be taken”

“As I have always said, the data, at present, are not dramatic and therefore I understand the caution of the CTS. We have about 120-130 thousand positives every month and of these about 1,500 are health workers who become infected. Fortunately, not in a serious way but it is indicative of the risks that those who work in the field and on the front line run. So applying a gradualness as a criterion for the third dose of the anti-Covid vaccine is fine but it is important that this possibility is given to all health professionals “. Filippo Anelli, president of Fnomceo, the Federation of Medical Orders, underlines this to Adnkronos Health, commenting on the circular from the Ministry of Health which establishes the priorities for the third dose and which for health workers plans to leave with the over 60s with pathologies and at a later time all the others. “An additional dose – adds Anelli – is now important on an organized level but also psychological considering what has happened in hospitals in the past months. The established criterion is a starting point because it is clear that someone had to leave, but now let’s not be too late with the third dose to all health professionals and maybe we start even before the end of the year “.