Vaccines, 36 thousand doses for children have already arrived in Sardinia: reservations start tomorrow
Almost all the audience of children between 5 and 11 years old is covered, about 47 thousand in the Region
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36,000 - and not six thousand as estimated these days - the doses of Pfizer pediatric vaccine arrived today in Sardinia. Shipped to Cagliari, the doses already this afternoon will be distributed in all vaccination hubs of the island in proportion according to the inhabitants.
Overall, the number of children between 5 and 11 years old who can be vaccinated against Covid is about 47 thousand in the region which tomorrow, at 12, will open to reservations for the little ones.
"It must be said that, unlike the vaccine for adults - explains Fabio Lombardo, head of the hospital pharmacy of the Assl of Cagliari - the positive thing is that this new and different formulation compared to the vaccine for adults is kept at 2- 8 degrees for 5 weeks, while that for the over 12 only for 30 days at the same temperatures. A recall is expected after 3 weeks and for the frail there could also be the possibility of a third dose ", he concludes.
(Unioneonline / vl)
