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Domenico Arcuri, the special commissioner for fighting the pandemic, said in a statement that three employees of the Spalantzani Hospital in Rome received the Pfizer-Bionic vaccine early Sunday morning.
“The vaccination went very well. It was an exciting historical moment,” Claudia Allverini, a 29-year-old nurse, told state broadcaster Ray News 24.
On Thursday, Italy became the eighth country in the world in which officially registered cases exceeded 2 million.
The authorities announced the registration of 70,909 deaths, which is the fifth largest number in the world and the highest in Europe.
The vaccination will be free in the country, and will be available first to those wishing to receive it from health workers and the elderly.
On Saturday, Hungary and Slovakia began vaccination campaigns, while other countries in the European Union join Italy in distributing the vaccine, starting today, in light of the high number of cases of the virus throughout the continent.
The Ministry of Health said that about 9,750 vaccine doses have arrived in the country, and another 470,000 doses are expected to arrive this week.
Arcuri said, “This is a significant day that should reflect the idea of the beauty of Europe, which buys the vaccine and makes it available to everyone.”
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