Vaccini Italia, Costa: “Thus continuing herd immunity as early as September”

“If we continue like this, in September we will have herd immunity.” This was stated by the Undersecretary of Health, Andrea Costa, in an interview with the newspaper ‘Il Corriere della Sera’, and underlined: “I look at the numbers. In June 20 million doses will arrive, today we are advancing at the rate of 500 thousand doses per day, but soon thanks to this concentration of vaccines we will be able to reach 700 thousand. Twelve million Italians are already vaccinated, that is over 15% of the population, which in proportion means better than France and Germany. At the end of June the vaccinated will be slightly less 20 million. And not only that. Now we are at 33 million doses administered, at the end of July we will cross the 70 million mark. So, in August, we will be able to start taking off our masks outdoors. And in September here is immunity ” . “There’s no joking with the virus. There are variants, however we must continue to be careful. – continued Costa – I think like General Figliuolo: there are still 400,000 over 80s to be vaccinated and we, with the help of doctors of family, pharmacies and health teams who are already going to visit them at home, by the month of June we must reach them all and finally put them in safety. In the meantime, of course, even the very young ones. How many times have we said that young people carry the virus at home to the elderly. How many times have we repeated that our goal is to have a school in the presence … “. “There is a lot of talk about vaccines on vacation. But we cannot chase after those who spend 3 days in Rimini. Nor can we think of foreign tourists. Too complicated – explained Costa – We can, however, try to guarantee the vaccine to those who have a long stay: I am thinking of the grandparents who stay a month in the beach house with their grandchildren. For them we could study a temporary health residence that already exists today for a minimum of three months. But a shared agreement between all the Regions will still be needed, we cannot move around in the dark And then, why are vaccines free and tampons aren’t? Until vaccines are available to everyone, we shouldn’t charge for tampons or at least we must try to reduce their cost. It’s called social equity. “” It seems inappropriate to me. this time to talk about vaccinations in the disco: in the meantime, let’s reopen the discos! By the end of June the CTS and General Figliuolo will have to give an answer on the protocol presented by the exhibitors. really reopen – concluded Costa – not with the dances allowed two meters away. What club would that be? We will need the green pass, the pads, the tracking. In July, however, in my opinion we leave “.