ROME — Italy, one of the European nations hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic, on Thursday opened vaccinations for everybody over the age of 12.
Each region can adapt the national rules but technically anyone registered with health authorities can sign up — including teenagers, after the European Medicines Agency approved the Pfizer/BioNTech jab for 12 to 15-year-olds last week.
“It’s a beautiful day,” enthused Luigi de Magistris, the mayor of Naples, saying it was an “excellent signal for both containing the pandemic and for resuming as soon as possible all forms of… activity.”
After a slow start at the beginning of the year, both due to organizational issues and lack …
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