Italy should stop vaccinating under-60s against Covid and prioritize elderly, PM says
Prime Minister Mario Draghi has said that Italy should stop administering Covid-19 vaccines to people under 60 years old, in a major shake-up of the country's immunization program that aims to protect elderly citizens.
"How can a young person or someone who is not on the list jump the queue, knowing that he or she is exposing someone who is over 75 or frail to the risk of death," Draghi told a news briefing on Thursday.
Italy had so far not followed many of its European neighbors in prioritizing the elderly for vaccination against Covid-19, despite the country's high death rate.
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The PM said he was in "no doubt" that Italy would meet its vaccination objectives, which include giving the jab to all people over 80 and most of those over 75 by the end of April.
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