TABLE 2.

Estimates of the surface area of greenhouse necessary to produce the monthly amount of diagnostic or therapeutic reagents or vaccine molecules potentially required to fight SARS-CoV-2 in the March-June pandemic in Italy.

				Therapeutics					Vaccine
	Diagnostic Reagenta				Antibodyb		Otherc			Soluble Antigend		VLPe
	Number	Kg		Number of	Kg		Kg		Number	Kg		Kg
	of tests	LFW	m2	persons treated	LFW	m2	LFW	m2	of doses	LFW	m2	LFW	m2
Mar	483,623	1.25	1.67	10,376	153334	204445	40983	54644	3,6 × 107	20696	27592	9388	12518
Apr	847,933	2.19	2.92	9,967	147297	196396	39370	52493
May	2,523,838	6.52	8.69	2,756	40723	54298	10885	14513
Jun	1,435,880	3.71	4.95	729	107775	14367	2880	3840

^aAmount per test: 100 ng × 2, ^b9 g per dose, ^c3 g per dose, ^d40 μg per dose, ^e120 μg per dose.