There are cases of elderly people who go to health centers for the booster dose but are not yet six months old for the second. There are annoyances.
At least four vaccination centers in Quito will be enabled this Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 November for the placement of the anti-coronavirus vaccine.
Since last Thursday, older adults already receive the third dose against coronavirus as long as they have fulfilled six months after receiving the second dose within a new phase of the vaccination plan. First and second doses are also given to adolescents between 12 and 17 years old and the first dose to children between 5 and 11 years old.
The health centers in which it will be attended are: Houses, located on Francisco Javier Lizarazu and Humberto Albornoz streets, north of Quito This saturday, while the Central University Coliseum, which is on Calle Bolivia and Avenida Universitaria, in the north center of Quito; Metropolitan Sports Center in Atahualpa street between Iñaquito and Núñez de Vela, in the Iñaquito sector, north of the city; Paseo San Francisco shopping center, in Cumbayá, they will attend Saturday and Sunday.
General business hours are 08:00 a 16:00, although Paseo San Francisco opens at 10:00 until 17:00.
The goal of care is support inoculation for all age groups, according to Gabriela Meza, district director of Health of the Ministry of Public Health (MSP).
In Quito, about 130 health facilities, there are about 100 sites enabled for anti-coronavirus vaccination, Meza said.
According to that state portfolio there was a great influx in the health centers in Cotocollao, Comité del Pueblo, San Antonio de Pichincha, Calderón, Carapungo, which are located in the north of the city.
At second day In the third-dose administration process for the elderly, there was a greater presence of interested parties at some inoculation points.
With little demand, the application of the third dose to older adults in Quito began
At Las Casas Health Center there were some 15 people lining up to enter that vaccination point outside. That was the case with Carlos Lugo, 77 years old, who counted being in the queue for about 15 minutes.
Noted that there were few people and he estimated that he was not going to wait long. To protect himself from the sun, he wore long-sleeved clothing and a hat. He took a taxi to go to the coliseum of the Central University, but the driver told him that there were few people at the Las Casas Health Center and he changed course.
“It is a possible personal defense, but at the same time it is social; so if we want everyone to be well, then we have to collaborate in the minimum part that corresponds, “said Lugo about the importance of receiving the booster dose.
While Luis Herrera, 75, He was leaving the vaccination point, although he did not remember the vaccine they administered and he maintained that it went well.
For Roberto Vivar, 77, the third dose is the final one. He returned to that place where he had received the first two doses. He brought the vaccination certificate for his second dose. He argued that reinforcement is important for the sake of his health and for his age.
There were also people who attended the inoculation centers, but by not complying with the six months stipulated by the Ministry of Public Health (MSP) they asked them to return.
In some cases they appreciated the explanation, but in others there was annoyance of people.
Patricio Jaramillo said that his 78-year-old mother had diseases such as diabetes, but they told her that she had 16 days to go and it was for the safety of the patient not to advance the date for the reinforcement. They attended the vaccination center located in the Historic Center of Quito. Although with some displeasure they left the site.
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Sergio Valencia, 77, waited 20 minutes and was vaccinated with the third dose. “There are many people who have not been vaccinated and it is dangerous and the crowds,” said Valencia.
In the place there were people from all ages to be immunized and the process took less than 5 minutes.
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