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Transcript/ScriptTITLE: 4316687 Italy AstraZeneca Vaccine 2
DESCRIPTION: AstraZeneca vaccinations resume in Italy after clot scare
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Rome - 19 March 2021
1. Nurse giving citizen instructions in vaccination centre
2. AstraZeneca vaccine syringes
3. Man getting his vaccination shot
4. Man removing jacket to take vaccine shot
5. Woman waiting to getting vaccinated  Â
6. Vaccine shot injected into arm
7. Vaccination hub
8. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Alessio Amato, City of Rome Health Councillor:
"We are aiming to inoculate (give out) at least 60,000 vaccines a day. When we had to stop (due to the temporary ban on the AstraZeneca vaccine), we were at 23,000. So for us it's important, it means doing a little less than 2 million a month - 1.8 million a month, so this is the target that our vaccination system is aiming for today."
9. Various of vaccination hub
10. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Rita Guitaldi, Rome resident:
"My nephew got me my reservation, fortunately or unfortunately we can say, but I felt a little tension after having done it, which I had to overcome."
11. Vaccination hub waiting room after receiving shot
12. People waiting for vaccine shot
12. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Antonio Di Lorenzo, Rome resident:
"It makes me more serene, (taking the vaccine) clearly because of my age, and also because I'm cardiopathic. This gives me something less to worry about."
13. People in line waiting to enter vaccination hub
14. People in line getting paperwork checked
15. Sign at vaccination hub reading (Italian): "COVID-19 Vaccination Center - La Nuvola"
16. People entering vaccination hub
STORYLINE:
Vaccinations with the AstraZeneca vaccine resumed in Italy on Friday afternoon after AIFA, the country's pharmacological agency, formally lifted its temporary ban after a clot scare.
Italy lifted the ban after the European Medicines Agency ruled the shots were safe and effective.
On Friday, Italians lined up outside Rome's La Nuvola vaccination hub, which is housed in one of Rome's most iconic architectural sites.
Italian officials said the speed at which they were proceeding with the administrative restart of AstraZeneca shots was a sign of their confidence in the vaccine's safety and efficacy.
Rome's Health Councilor Alessio D'Amato said that after the ban was lifted, Rome's Lazio region can now pick up speed.
He said the target is to vaccinate 60,000 people a day or 1.8 million a month.
Top Italian public health officials held a press conference Friday to insist on the safety of the AstraZeneca shot in a bid to build confidence among the general population.
They also defended their decision to suspend it as purely precautionary.
Countries across Europe resumed vaccinations with the AstraZeneca shot on Friday, as leaders sought to reassure their populations the vaccine is safe, following brief suspensions that cast doubt on a vaccine that is critical to ending the coronavirus pandemic.
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Location (dateline)19 March 2021 - Rome
Expiration DateApril 18, 2021 14:33 EDT
Embargo DateMarch 22, 2021 14:05 EDT
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