Young professionals receive Covid jabs ahead of elderly in Tuscany

Elderly people wait for the Covid-19 vaccine at the Don Orione rest home in Rome (AP)

Octogenarians in Tuscany have watched in disbelief and indignation as lawyers, magistrates, professors and other younger professionals received Covid-19 vaccinations before them, despite government pledges that Italy’s oldest citizens would be given priority.

Even some of the OAPs’ adult children jumped the queue ahead of them.