Italy has already vaccinated more than 60% of people over 12 against COVID

The health authorities of Italy they have 60% of the population over 12 has already been immunized, reported this Sunday the Italian Ministry of Health, which explained that in the country a total of 68,507,301 doses were delivered Of the vaccines approved by Italian and European drug agencies, 96% of those received.

The number of people who have already received the full directive is 32,404,909, out of a total of 60 million inhabitants.

By age groups:

-90.73% of those over 80 are already immune

-also 85% between 70 and 79 years old

-76.18% of 60 to 69 year olds

-68.48% of 50 to 59 year olds;

-40 to 49 years 55.39%

-30-39 years, 42.18%

-from 20-29, 37.87%

-and 12-19, 16.79%

General Francesco Figliuolo, responsible for managing the emergency at the national level, said on Sunday that It is “an important step which confirms the validity of the implemented plan”, which aims to vaccinate 80% of Italians before September.

In Italy, the mask requirement is only applied in confined spaces, but From August 6, it will be mandatory to present the coronavirus health certificate before sitting at the table in the closed spaces of a bar or restaurant, among other places of entertainment..

The government is also studying other containment actions against the virus such as, for example, the introduction of compulsory vaccination for teachers for the next school year, which will likely be decided before September.

Attack on the system in Rome

The website for Lazio, the Italian region that includes Rome, did not function on Sunday after suffering a cyberattack, so citizens could no longer use it to reserve the COVID vaccine.

“A hacker attack is in progress … all defense and verification operations are in progress so as not to prolong the unavailability of servicesThe region said on its Twitter account. “Vaccination operations can be slowed down.”

The region’s website, www.regione.lazio.it, was still down on Sunday morning. The site to book vaccines was also not available.

The highly contagious Delta variant accounts for around 80% of new COVID-19 cases in Lazio, where 66% of the adult population has been vaccinated, regional health commissioner Alessio D’Amato said earlier this year.

This Saturday, Italy reported 6,513 new cases of coronavirus and 16 deaths, while its positivity rate (percentage of positives among all tests performed) was 2.4%.

With these figures, the total number of cases accumulated by the country since the start of the national emergency in February 2020 amounts to 4,350,028, and to 128,063 that of deaths.

A total of 2,170 patients have been discharged and there are 214 hospitalized in intensive care, 13 more than yesterday in the assessment between admission and discharge, while the number of patients admitted to other hospital departments and presenting symptoms is 1,851, which marks an increase of 39 people.

(With information from EFE and AFP)

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