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A man of 50 years tried to make pass a silicone arm as its own in a Covid vaccination clinic – 19 in northern Italy, in an attempt to obtain a vaccination certificate , without having to receive the injection.
The deception was detected by the nurse Filippa Bua, when she was about to administer the vaccine in Biella, Piedmont, on Thursday.
Bua told CNN that he noticed something strange on his arm.
“ The skin color was abnormal , much clearer compared to the patient’s hands or face, ”he said.
After inspecting the area, he realized that the arm was fake, made of silicone.
“At first I felt sorry for the man, I thought he had a prosthesis and I wondered if at all Somehow I had forced him to give me the wrong arm, “said Bua.
” But then he admitted that he was using the fake arm on purpose to avoid getting the vaccine! ”
The revelation triggered a series of emotions in Bua, who said she has been a nurse since 1987 and has administered thousands of injections.
“At first I was surprised, then I got angry, I felt professionally offended, he did not show respect for our intelligence and our profession, ”she said. “I would never expect something like this in my life.”
The regional government of Piedmont condemned man’s attempt to defraud the system.
“The case could be described as ‘ridiculous’, except that we are talking about a gesture of enormous gravity, unacceptable due to the sacrifice that the entire community is paying for the pandemic “, reads a joint statement from the president and health counselor of the Piedmont region.
In In a video message, the president of the Piedmont regional government, Alberto Cirio, went further and said that the incident was “an offense to the health system of the region, which is one of the first in Italy for vaccination capacity and booster dose. ”
On 30, Cirio tweeted a map from the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control in which Piedmont appears and Among the few areas of Europe marked in green, which means that the Covid infection rate – 19 is below the 1%.
The Biella health department has filed a complaint with the local prosecutor’s office.
Last month, the Italian government signed a decree that makes a Covid “super green pass” mandatory – 19 in bars, restaurants, theaters and other indoor entertainment venues.
According to the new measure, only those with full vaccination or proof of recovery from the coronavirus can enter such places.
The original “green pass”, valid for closed places and long distance trains from September 1, allows people to show negative Covid test within 48 previous hours, instead of a full vaccination or recovery test, to be able to access r entertainment venues.
The green pass still applies in work spaces and has been extended to local public transport.
The protests were held in several Italian cities in mid-October, when the requirement that all workers in the country display the government-issued green pass came into force.