San Marino, nasal flu vaccine on sale for Italian children at the end of the month
«The children of the Titan? The pandemic foments psychological distress, but it is even worse with the syncytial virus ». This was reported by the head of Pediatrics in San Marino, Dr. Laura Viola. At the same time, he announces an important news: “From the end of the month, nasal flu vaccines will be on sale for young Italians”.
Meanwhile, he is keen to clarify that when it comes to the little ones “there is nothing alarming on the front of the fight against Covid”. At the moment “there are 37 positive children – he explains -. And mostly they are elementary school pupils ».
The averages? “The only buffered class was negative.”
What is worrying, he observes, is rather another virus, namely the syncytial one) that has risen to the headlines for having hit the daughter of Chiara Ferragni and daughterz. “Among the knots remains the fact that the symptoms are the same as those of the coronavirus. The current hospitalizations are therefore all for the VRS, in detail we have recorded 30 cases from the beginning of the peak with 12 hospitalized and a child who went outside the borders because he needed oxygen at high flows ».
Through a machine, the doctor points out, that “we will try to buy thanks to the fundraising connected with the Christmas of Wonders”.
Returning instead to Covid, the symptoms of the positives “are mild, with cough and headache”, he points out, highlighting the merits of the vaccination campaign. “In a short time we have managed to vaccinate such a high percentage of citizens that there are very few hospitalized people.”
And putting schools under the lens, he notes that “effective protocols are activated, it being understood that the size of the Italian states concludes the distancing without having to request the mandatory request”.
Space for numbers
“From the beginning of the health emergency until September – he notes – we have buffered 8 thousand children with 649 positive and 2 hospitalized”. And he remembers: “Last year we dealt with 70 positivity, now we are at 37 out of a population of 4 thousand children”.
The flagship? “Allowing disabled students to continue attending lessons after having exhibited a negative swab, as in the case of the elements of Domagnano, with 3 positive classes”.
On the contrary, the aftermath of the pandemic on the souls of children is more striking, with “anorexia boom, alcohol consumption and episodes of self-harm”. For this, the primary insists, “it is necessary to grant a normal life, where the pandemic trend allows it”.
Meanwhile, on the flu vaccinations side, there is an excellent adhesion. Already exceeded the 330 subscriptions of last year ». An important step for the chronic child or with immune deficiency.
The news? “The nasally administered spray vaccine.” Purchased last year in Lombardy, it is now only available there, in Veneto, Lazio and precisely in San Marino. «It is administered to those aged between two and 18 – explains Viola – and from the end of November, at the end of our campaign, we will open for a fee to Italians. With a mandatory clarification: the nasal is attenuated and therefore not suitable for those with fragile relatives. In Italy, vaccination is free only for citizens from 6 months to 6 years and also for the over 65 and the chronically ill, while here it is free for everyone ».