According to available data, Italy's anti-Covid vaccine coverage for all age groups over 60 represents a significant failure. This is emphasized by the GIMBE foundation, which monitors the health situation in Italy. Coverage rates are 5.7% for the 60-69 age group, 11% for the 70-79 age group, and 14.4% for the over 80s, putting the peninsula only ahead of Eastern European countries (with the exception of the Czech Republic, which precedes Italy in all age groups and Estonia for the 60-69 and 70-79 year olds), Greece, Greece Malta, Liechtenstein, and, only for the over 80s, Cyprus. Italy is far from the outcomes reached in northern European countries, as well as in Spain, Portugal, and France, where coverage for the three age groups demonstrates effective vaccination programs for all above the age of 60, with increasing coverage percentages with age.
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