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Italy to start COVID vaccinations in January

Italy is set to receive 3.4 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine in the second half of January through the European Union’s purchase program, enough to provide the requisite two doses to 1.6 million of Italy’s 60 million people, special commissioner Domenico Arcuri said.

He said elderly Italians and individuals with the most risk of exposure would get first priority. “This will be the biggest campaign to administer a vaccine that we can remember,” Mr Arcuri said.