Authorities order 50% more doses than in 2019 in bid to avoid hospitals being overwhelmed
Italian vaccine manufacturers are scrambling to produce millions of flu vaccination doses amid concern there will not be enough to meet demand this autumn and winter.
The country’s 20 regional authorities have so far ordered 17m doses between them – almost 50% more than in 2019 – as they seek to prevent the country’s health services from becoming overwhelmed if they also have to deal with a serious resurgence of Covid-19.
