12-year-old vaccines Lazio, booking from mid-June

“From mid-June we open vaccine reservations to 12-year-olds, we are only waiting for the green light of the EMA”, which will be followed by that of the Italian Medicines Agency (Aifa). This was announced by Alessio D’Amato, the Lazio health councilor, in an interview with ‘Il Messaggero’. As for the hypothesis of vaccinations in schools, with mini-hubs in the courtyards, as hypothesized by the Ministry of Education, D’Amato observes: “I don’t think schools are going well. We think we are mainly involving pediatricians. They are already used to it. years of vaccinating children and young people, they are ready to do their part even against Covid “, he specifies. Times? “As long as the EMA, as it seems, will give the green light to the use of Pfizer in the 12-16 range, we will work to ensure that all students have their reservations in their pockets even before the holidays – warns the Councilor – So from mid-June appointments will be open and in the following weeks the injections will start. June in general will be a strategic month, we are at the turning point “. Why? “Within the next month, all resident adults will have reservations. In the first half of June we will open vaccinations to over 30s, in the second half it will be up to everyone aged 18 and over – he highlights -. Today the reservations will start for the children who will face the maturity, we will open the hubs from 1 to 3 June. “There will not be a list of the Ministry to draw from, it seems. Aren’t you afraid of infiltrating high school students? “No – he replies – there will be a double check in the hubs and the age range is very strict, from 17 to 19 years old. We plan to vaccinate almost 50 thousand children”. When will Lazio see white? “The incidence of infections is decreasing, we are at 50 cases per 100 thousand inhabitants. If the trend remains this, from mid-June we go blank. Let’s see the effects of the vaccination campaign – concludes the commissioner -, we have just crossed the finish line of the million vaccinated with first and second dose; by June 2nd half of adults will have received at least the first administration, today we are at 47% “.