Rome's Fiumicino airport is to host a major hub for covid-19 vaccinations, with the capacity to administer 3,000 vaccines per day, when it launches on 15 February, reports Italian newspaper Il Fatto Quotidiano. The 1,500-sqm hub, which will be located in Fiumicino's long-term parking area, will be Italy's first major national covid-19 vaccination centre to open at an airport.

The initiative is being driven by the management company, Aeroporti di Roma (AdR), in collaboration with the Lazio Region, Rome's Spallanzani Institute and the Italian Red Cross. The centre will be set up under marquees divided into 25 vaccination stations, 20 registration areas, 10 rooms for medical checks, a post-vaccination area with 240 seats, and a car park with about 600 reserved spaces.