Vaccini Covid, dall’Iraq al Vietnam: ecco dove l’Italia sta distribuendo i farmaci

L’Italia nel 2021 donerà quindici milioni di dosi a Paesi a medio e basso reddito, come parte del progetto COVAX Facility, in collaborazione con l’Oms. Quattro milioni le dosi già inviate. Albania, Indonesia, Iran, Libano, Libia e Yemen tra gli Stati che riceveranno lotti italiani

Employees arrange and pack COVID-19 vaccine vials at packaging and dispatch department at the manufacturer plant in Pune, Maharashtra, India, on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. UNICEF is leading in the procurement and delivery of COVID 19 vaccines for 82 low- and lower middle-income countries participating in the COVAX Facility. The COVAX Facility, co-led by Gavi, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and WHO, together with UNICEF, aims to provide at least 2 billion doses of approved COVID-19 vaccines by the end of 2021, enabling participating economies to protect frontline health care and social workers, as well as other high-risk and vulnerable groups. UNICEF/2021/Dhiraj Singh

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Quindici milioni di dosi di vaccini anti Covid-19 donate dall’Italia a Paesi a medio e basso reddito entro il 2021. Lo ha annunciato la Farnesina, che sottolinea come “sin dall’inizio della pandemia” il nostro Paese sia stato “fra i primi Paesi a sostenere l’importanza di un accesso equo e universale ai vaccini, le cure e i test” contro il coronavirus. Dall’Iraq al Vietnam: ecco dove l’Italia sta distribuendo i farmaci anti Covid

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epa09053799 A Kenyan healthcare worker prepares to administer an Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine dose to her colleagues during the official launch of vaccinating health workers at the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), in Nairobi, Kenya, 05 March 2021. Kenya on 03 March received its first batch of 1.02 million doses of Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines through global COVAX scheme prioritizing to vaccinate healthcare workers, teachers and people with compromised immunity. Kenya is expected to import 24 million doses in a couple of months. EPA/DANIEL IRUNGU

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Da aprile 2020 l’Italia ha preso parte all’Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT), progetto dell’Organizzazione Mondiale della Sanità che promuove lo sviluppo, la produzione e l’accesso ai trattamenti contro il coronavirus in tutto il mondo

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epa09452972 Empty vaccine vials of the Moderna vaccine against Covid-19 after being used to vaccinate Kenyans receiving their first dose of vaccination during a vaccination drive at the Uhai Neema hospital in Nairobi, Kenya, 07 September 2021. Kenya has started administering its citizens with the over 1.76 million doses of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine donated by the United States via COVAX facility making it the second type of vaccine to be administered after the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine. EPA/Daniel Irungu

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All’interno dell’ACT è stato lanciato il piano “COVAX Facility”, per accelerare la produzione dei vaccini anti Covid-19 e far sì che ne venga garantito accesso a tutta la comunità internazionale. L’Italia ha finanziato il progetto con 385 milioni di euro

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epa09417096 A view of a shipment with more than 100,000 vaccines against Covid-19 donated by Spain, at the Mariscal Sucre international airport, in Quito, Ecuador, 16 August 2021. More than 100,000 vaccines against covid-19 donated by Spain arrived at the Mariscal Sucre airport in Quito, where they were received by the Vice President of Ecuador, Alfredo Borrero, the Minister of Health, Ximena Garzon, and diplomats from the Spanish Embassy. EPA/Jose Jacome

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Oltre al contributo finanziario, fa sapere la Farnesina, l’Italia si è impegnata a inviare 15 milioni di dosi di vaccini nei Paesi dove scarseggiano le scorte

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epa09425926 An official (R) from the World Health Organization (WHO) looks on as some of the 880,460 doses of Moderna Covid-19 vaccines (L) are offloaded upon their arrival at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi, Kenya, 23 August 2021. The vaccines are the first shipment of 1.76 million doses donated to Kenya by the United States via COVAX facility. Kenya continues to receive more vaccine donations from different countries and organizations as it tries to contain the current fourth wave of infections being driven by the contagious Delta variant. EPA/Daniel Irungu

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I lotti vengono inviati a COVAX, che li distribuisce tra diversi Paesi in collaborazione con Gavi (Global alliance for vaccine immunization), Oms e Unicef

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Oltre 100mila dosi di vaccino inviate dall’Italia sono già arrivate in Iraq, come annunciato da Sheema SenGupta, rappresentante Unicef nel Paese

epa09459478 People have their health checked before they receive a shot of AstraZeneca (Vaxzevria) vaccine against COVID-19 in Hanoi, Vietnam, 10 September 2021. Vietnam is ramping up the pace of its vaccination drive, as part of an effort to combat the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. EPA/LUONG THAI LINH

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In tutto, al momento, sono più di 4 milioni le dosi donate dall’Italia. Oltre all’Iraq, uno dei primi Paesi a riceverle sarà il Vietnam, a cui ne sono state assegnate 800mila

epa09109888 People stand next to a COVAX sign at Noi Bai international airport in Hanoi, Vietnam, 01 April 2021. Vietnam has received the first batch of AstraZeneca/Vaxzevira vaccine through Covax initiative on 01 April 2021. EPA/LUONG THAI LINH

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“Si tratta – ha detto la Farnesina – di un importante gesto di amicizia e di solidarietà nei confronti di un partner strategico per l'Italia nel Sud- Est asiatico e nell'ASEAN”

epa09096006 The workers at Sarajevo Airport carry the first 23,400 doses of Biontech/Pfizer vaccine, which Bosnia and Herzegovina purchased under the COVAX mechanism, in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 25 March 2021.The Bosnian government introduced restrictive measures, a curfew at night and the closure of restaurants, during the worsening coronavirus pandemic in Bosnia and Herzegovina. EPA/FEHIM DEMIR

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Albania, Indonesia, Iran, Libano, Libia e Yemen gli altri Stati a cui verranno inviati lotti di vaccini dall’Italia

epa09109886 Workers trasnport a shipment containing COVID-19 vaccines at Noi Bai international airport in Hanoi, Vietnam, 01 April 2021. Vietnam has received the first batch of AstraZeneca/Vaxzevira vaccine through Covax initiative on 01 April 2021. EPA/LUONG THAI LINH

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Il ministero degli Affari Esteri sottolinea come l’Italia, in qualità di Paese presidente del G20, si sia impegnata nel “porre al centro dell'agenda internazionale i temi della salute e della preparazione a fronte di nuovi potenziali rischi pandemici”. Il summit straordinario si terrà a Roma a ottobre