![]() "Italy is reborn with a flower – Vaccination against COVID-19" | |
Native name | Vaccinazione anti COVID-19 |
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Date | 27 December 2020 | – present
Location | Italy |
Cause | COVID-19 pandemic |
Organised by | Special commissioner of the Government |
Participants | 144,608,839[1] doses administered 47,947,097[1] people are fully vaccinated as of 17 Aug 2024 |
Outcome | 90+ % of the Italian population aged 12+ have received one dose 87+ % of the Italian population aged 12+ is fully vaccinated 81.21% of the Italian population is fully vaccinated |
Website | Piano strategico nazionale dei vaccini anti COVID-19 |
The COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Italy is a mass immunization campaign that was put in place by the Italian government in order to respond to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. It started on 27 December 2020, together with most countries in the European Union.
The vaccination campaign was managed by the Ministry of Health and the special commissioner Domenico Arcuri until 1 March 2021,[2][3] when he was replaced by Army General Francesco Paolo Figliuolo.[4]
Workers had to exhibit a pass stating vaccination or a negative test from 15/10/2021 to 30/04/2022.[5] Vaccination against COVID-19 was mandatory for all people older than 50 in Italy from 15/02/2022 to 30/06/2022.