Health Minister Roberto Speranza said
Thursday that Italy will start its COVID-19 vaccination campaign
together with its EU partners on December 27 if the European
Medicines Agency (EMA) gives the green light to Pfizer's vaccine
next week.
"If all the verification procedures on the Pfizer Biontech
vaccine by the EMA and (Italian medicines agency) AIFA are
completed favourable on the scheduled dates, Italy will start
with the first vaccinations of health personnel on December 27,"
Speranza said on Facebook.
"The Italian government has been working over the last few days
for a common date to start the vaccinations in the European
Union.
"A lot of prudence is still needed and the path will not be
short, but it is the right road".
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