In the capital of the Republic, in the first hours of the process, there was little attendance of elderly people to at least two inoculation sites.
Little demand was observed in some centers of vaccination in Quito, at the beginning of the process of placing the third dose to older adults, this Thursday.
There were empty chairs, little presence of people, but agility in attention.
“At our age, and more than anything how we live alone, the best thing is to protect yourself, we are more sensitive to illness. Right now we are calm, because, if not, we would not even go to the store, “he said. Marcelo Cevallos, 81, after receiving the booster dose.
To your wife, Pink Boxes, 80 years old, who has a health problem, was vaccinated in her car, since the vehicle was able to enter the parking lot of the coliseum of the Central University, in the north center of Quito, where they went.
They were vaccinated in last April with your second dose, so they have already completed the six months stipulated for the third dose.
Cevallos went to ECU-911 where they had been inoculated with the two previous doses, and since they were not injecting there, they recommended that they go to Central University Coliseum, which is open from 08:00 to 16:00.
They reached the site. He entered the coliseum, where seven inoculation points were placed. There were no more than ten people, of different ages, waiting. Personnel from the place commented that they had all the doses of vaccines and were inoculating boosters to older adults, first and second doses to adolescents and first doses to children from 5 to 11 years old. They should present your identity card or the identification number to verify in the system whether or not the two previous doses were received.
He was given a third dose of AstraZeneca; the first two were from Pfizer. While his wife was again administered the Pfizer because he has an aneurysm and has difficulty walking.
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Emilio Velasco, 82 years old, Nancy Núñez, 75 years old, Eduardo Sarzosa, 79 years old, went to the Metropolitan Sports Center, which is in the Iñaquito sector, north of the capital of the Republic; It is open from Monday to Sunday.
For Velasco, the human being you must take care of your life.
Núñez said that in April he was administered the second dose and it had no adverse effects. She had arrived at the Metropolitan Sports Center at 08:30, and before 09:15 she was already at the inoculation point.
She belongs to the group Sixty-Piquito of the Municipality of Quito, in the El Batán sector. Their members were informed that they could now access the reinforcement. It was Wednesday afternoon, but the site was already closed.
Sarzosa said their son, a doctor by profession, alerted them to the booster dose.
In both vaccination centers there were people who were interested in receiving the vaccine, but they were told that still they did not meet the time stipulated six months.
Gabriela Meza, district director of Health of the Ministry of Public Health (MSP), who is in charge of the northern area of Quito, from Patria Avenue to Nanegalito, commented that the AstraZeneca It is the vaccine for the third dose for older adults.
For people suffering from immunosuppression moderate to severe, older than 12 years, the same vaccine received in the first and second doses will be used.
The person with immunosuppression is one who has affected your immune system, for example, who received an organ transplant, chronic kidney disease, HIV. Must carry certificate that accredits your medical condition and pathology.
Older adults are being informed of vaccination through local health committees, neighborhood leaders, media, social networks. The authorities made a call that, if there are elderly people within the families, they take them to the nearest vaccination center.
These are the places where older adults can be vaccinated with the third anti-coronavirus dose in Quito
In the case of people who were vaccinated abroad and received, for example, that of Johnson & Johnson, they must have fulfilled at least two months after vaccination and they will receive the one from Pfizer.
In the case of CanSino a second dose or booster is not stipulated so far.
Meza indicated that all vaccines, like medicines, can produce adverse or side effects.
A person could have mild discomfort, for which they are administered painkillers and rest. (I)
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