A female nurse working at Rome's
Spallanzani infectious-diseases hospital will be the first
person in Italy to be vaccinated when the nation's COVID-19
vaccination campaign starts on December 27, sources said
Tuesday.
The Spallanzani said Tuesday that the first five vaccinations
will be administered on 'V-Day' on Sunday to five of its
employees - a female nurse, a member of its assistive personnel
staff, a researcher and two doctors.
The nurse and the doctors will then be part of the team that
vaccinates their colleagues, the sources said..
The Spallanzani is set to initially be the central hub for the
distribution of the Pfizer vaccine, which should arrive in Italy
on December 24 after getting approved by the European Medicines
Agency on Monday.
General Luciano Portolano said during a meeting with President
Sergio Mattarella Tuesday that the Italian military will be in
charge of distributing the vaccine to 21 sites across the
nation.
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