COVID: Big delays in giving 4th jab says GIMBE

(ANSA) - ROME, AUG 25 - Italy is suffering major delays in administering the forth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, the GIMBE health foundation said Thursday.
    "There has been a clamorous delay in giving the fourth jab", it said, referring to the so-called second booster for which the over 60s recently became eligible.
    Up till yesterday, GIMBE said "only 2.18 million doses" had been given out, a drop of 12.4% on previous vaccination campaigns.
    It said some 14.3 million of over 60s and fragile people, to which the fourth dose is aimed, were still not covered.
    In its latest weekly monitoring report GIMBE said COVID infections were up 18.7% after five straight weeks of falls.
    It said intensive care cases were down 15.1% and hospital admissions down 15.5%.
    Deaths were more or less steady, at 1.7% up. (ANSA).