Regional Affairs Minister Francesco
Boccia on Tuesday ruled out central government agreeing to a
proposal by Lombardy's new welfare chief, former Milan mayor
Letizia Moratti, for a region's GDP to be a factor in deciding
its allocation of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Lombardy, the regional around Milan, is one of the driving
forces of the Italian economy.
"The vaccination campaign is needed to protect the health of the
Italian people, bring the number of victims down to zero, take
away congestion in hospitals and take the country back to
normality," said Boccia.
"Using GDP as a parameter for the allocation of vaccines is a
hypothesis that goes against civilization and universal rights,
even if linked to the density of businesses (in a region).
"I imagine it was just an unfortunately remark, not a formal
proposal.
"We have never received such a proposal".
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