ROME (Reuters) – Italy said on Saturday it aims to vaccinate at least 80% of its population by September through ramping up the daily vaccination campaign.
Francesco Paolo Figliuolo, the new special commissioner for coronavirus, released a national plan to issue 500,000 vaccine doses a day, according to a statement released by the cabinet office.
Italy has registered 101,881 deaths since the outbreak emerged in the country in February last year, the second-highest toll in Europe after Britain and the seventh-highest in the world. The country has reported 3.2 million cases of infection to date.
(Reporting by Giuseppe Fonte; Writing by Francesca Landini; Editing by Mike Harrison)
