Third vaccine dose to all, Costa: “Reasonable, we await indications”

Third dose of Covid vaccine at all? “It is reasonable to think that, over time, we proceed in a fairly homogeneous and widespread manner with the administration” of the ‘booster’ dose. Thus the Undersecretary of Health Andrea Costa to ‘Timeline’ on Sky Tg24, on the hypothesis of a new call extended to all citizens, on the Israeli model. “We – clarifies the undersecretary – rely on our regulatory bodies: we have Aifa, we have the CTS, we obviously have to renew full confidence in them every day, so we await indications”. Read also However “I believe – affirms Costa – that it is more a reflection linked to the timing of administration, because it is clear that even in these cases it is necessary to establish priorities in the awareness that the priority is dictated by the fact that we must secure our citizens and therefore we must start with those who risk the most. And these data are provided to us by science “.” I am confident that in the next few days or weeks we can activate the extension of the third dose to all healthcare personnel. this will be the indication and this will be the path we will take “, continues Costa, commenting on the limitation for now established by the Technical Scientific Committee for the Covid emergency, only to healthcare professionals over 60 years old, with pathologies or with a high level of exposure to infection. There is “this distinction because – explains Costa – even here the scientific evidence tells us that the immune defense is lowered more rapidly for subjects with a higher age”. But, assures the undersecretary, “it is only a matter of timing, priorities and age groups but it seems to me to be taken for granted that rightly we must protect the health and protect the health of our fellow citizens means creating the conditions for a doctor, a nurse or anyone to you find in a hospital, not the one who infects it. ” The same principle, notes Costa, who guided us “when we had the courage to introduce compulsory vaccination for this category”. “Absolutely yes” then, concludes the undersecretary, at the third dose also for general practitioners and pediatricians.