COVID-19 LIVE UPDATES | Italy hits target of fully vaccinating 80% of people over-12s

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Coronavirus sniffing dogs named Miika and Titta are introduced at the Evidensia veterinary clinic in Vantaa, Finland September 2, 2020. The dogs are trained to detect SARS-CoV-2 from arriving passengers at the Helsinki-Vantaa international airport.Italy reached the target of fully vaccinating 80% of the population over the age of 12 against COVID-19, according to official data, achieving a goal Rome had set as a safety cut-off point, government data showed on Sunday.

The 80% target was set by special commissioner for the COVID emergency, Army General Francesco Paolo Figliuolo, in March and was hit late on Oct. 9. Guido Rasi, a former director at the European Medicines Agency and current advisor to Figliuolo, said it was"not just a symbolic threshold".

 

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