Holidays do not stop the vaccination campaign. Indeed ... The Italians pushed by the boom of infections caused by the Omicron variant, run in the hubs.

The third doses exceeded 17 million, with a total of 46,210,620 people who completed the vaccination cycle, equal to 85.56% of the over 12 population.

Starting tomorrow, Monday 27 December, it will also be possible to administer the booster dose to all 16 and 17 year olds and those between 12 and 15 with high frailty.

With due regional differences. Some Regions have already opened reservations, the circular issued in recent days by the Ministry of Health provides that reservations will start tomorrow.

The timing for the third dose is the same as for those over 18, so it can be done four months after the completion of the primary vaccination cycle.

By January, Aifa will rule on all adolescents between 12 and 15 years.

Patrizia Popoli, research manager and president of the Aifa technical-scientific commission, while specifying that the decision to proceed with booster doses for all has not yet been written down, said that the idea is that.

"The third dose will gradually be proposed to all those who have completed the vaccination cycle", his words.

(Unioneonline / L)

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