Yeah certainly feels like AZ has been put on the shelf for now.
Where are Italy at in terms of population having a dose? Is there any anti-vaccine sentiment there?
About 8.5 million people are fully-vaccinated, around 18.5 million have had one dose (out of a population of c. 60 million). It's not great and there are large regional differences, which reflects the way health services are organised here.
There was a significant amount of vaccine scepticism caused by the AZ blood clot reports, but on the other hand vaccine centres have sometimes had to close because they've run out of supplies (this appears to be sorted out now). As usual, the situation is better in the north than in the south!
Of course, as with many things in Italy you have to be proactive. You won't get sent texts and invitations to vaccine clinics unless you go online or ring when your region opens up your age group/priority group. No-one will chase you.
There are extensive forms to complete in our region before they'll give you the vaccine. They had volunteers at the centre I went to, who were there to help people who were finding it too difficult. It's not hard to see how people could easily miss out.