Since Malara's discovery, more than 70,000 Italians have died in the ongoing worldwide pandemic. But on Sunday (December 27), as Italy kicked off vaccinations with health workers lining up to take the first shots of the Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine, Malara saw a light of 'bottled' hope for Italy and also for Lombardy, Italy's hardest-hit region. "I hope this will serve as an example for all those who still have doubts about the vaccine". When Italy's first case was diagnosed in Codogno, the nearby Lodi hospital became the country's first Covid emergency unit. The region of 450 million people is trying to catch up with the United States and Britain, which have already started vaccinations using the Pfizer shot.

Source: dna December 28, 2020 14:31 UTC