A circular from the Ministry of Health approved the decision of administer the third dose of the anti-Covid vaccine also to the fragile groups of all ages of the population and to the over 60s in Italy. In this way, the Government accepted the positive opinion already communicated by the Aifa Technical-Scientific Commission,
This is the so-called booster dose which has the task of increasing antibody protection against Coronavirus.
A decision that comes after the one relating to over 80 and at a time when in Italy there are still over 8 million people who have not even received the first dose.
The third dose - that's when you can get it
The Ministry has announced that this booster dose will only be administered when they are at least 6 months have passed since the completion of the first vaccination cycle, then 6 months from the inoculation of the second dose.
With this decision, the Ministry also takes into account the risk of severe disease and the rate of decline of neutralizing antibodies that over 80 is already beginning to be observed, even if not yet clearly in the lower age groups, according to the latest report of the Istituto Superiore di Sanità.
Indeed, it is a decision that mostly has a prevention character because currently in the over 60s with double dose the effectiveness remains unchanged, but they have been observed in some parts of the world of the cases of Covid re-infection in people who had received the second dose for more than 6 months.
The third dose for the over 80 in Naples
In Naples, the administration of third doses at the ASL Napoli vaccination hub 2 And in the vaccination centers of the ASL Napoli 1 Centro.
The third dose for the rest of the population
Currently the administration of the third dose to the whole population is not assumed, but obviously this is a decision that will also be assessed on the basis of the trend of infections in the coming months.
