Italy hits daily vaccination target despite slow deliveries Reuters 1 day ago
ROME, April 30 (Reuters) - Italy has hit its target of administering 500,000 COVID-19 vaccinations in a single day, Health Minister Roberto Speranza said on Friday.
The milestone was reached on Thursday. Officials had originally hoped to pass it mid-month but had to push this back mainly because of supply delays and persisting doubts over shots produced by AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson. Vaccines are the real way out of these very difficult months, Speranza wrote on Twitter.
The Italian government said that as of early Friday, some 19.4 million vaccinations had been carried out, with 5.8 million people having received their full vaccine cycle - just under 10% of the total population.
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Italy hits target of half million COVID jabs in a day
Speranza thanks national health personnel via Facebook
30 Aprile 2021
ROME, APR 30 - Italy has achieved the target the
government set of ramping up its COVID-19 vaccination campaign
to the degree that it is capable of giving half a million jabs
in a day by the end of April, Health Minister Roberto Speranza
said Friday. Yesterday over 500,000 vaccine doses were administered,
Speranza said Facebook. I thank the women and men of the national health service and
all the institutions for a great team effort. The vaccine is the true way to emerge from these months that
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