Third dose for older adults is given after six months of the last vaccine

Pablo Cruz, 67, arrived around 11:45 yesterday at the health center No. 5, located in Guerrero Valenzuela and García Goyena, to find out if he could access the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine . The older adult commented that he did not want to inoculate himself because he does not believe in the effectiveness of the biological, but that at the request of his family he changed his mind.

At that time in the center there were other older adults who were seeking to receive the third booster in which AstraZeneca is being used.

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As in this center, the other dispensaries of the Ministry of Public Health (MSP) treat both cases of people lagging behind from vaccination and those who arrive for the third dose.

At Health Center No. 5, older adults lined up together with the rest of the people. In the vicinity there was a tent under which users protected themselves from the sun that was at that time.

“Everything applies here,” said a man who controlled the entrance of people arriving at the site.

The third dose or booster shot is given only to older adults who already have both doses. The last vaccination must have been received six months ago.

And that was explained yesterday at vaccination points. In the central Guasmo health center, located in the Unión de Bananeros cooperative, a guard explained to the elderly that for the third reinforcement against the coronavirus it is necessary that six months have passed after the second dose has been applied.

In the health center No. 10, on Machala and García Goyena avenues, users who arrived for the third dose were also told that they should have been inoculated for the last time six months later. And for this, people must bring their vaccination certificates.

These are the health centers available in Guayaquil, Durán and Samborondón for the application of the third dose of the vaccine against COVID-19 in older adults

The application of the third booster officially started on Thursday of the previous week. In Guayaquil, Samborondón and Durán, more than 100 MSP health centers are also vaccinated at the main land terminal, on Benjamín Rosales avenue, and at the Pascuales satellite station, on the road to Daule.

According to data from the Ministry of Health, until yesterday more than 70,000 booster doses had been applied. The booster vaccination does not have an end date.

Juan Pilatasig, 66, like his daughters, have already received the booster dose against the coronavirus in Quito. He as an older adult and they as part of the health personnel since they work in the hospital maintenance area.

He went in the early hours of the morning to the Guamaní health center, which is located in the extreme south of Quito. Attention started at 07:30.

He said it took about an hour. He waited outside the place for a few minutes and then entered. He, like others, waited seated. Then they entered the vaccination center. A worker was presented with her identity document. They gave them the certificate but not before reminding them that they could have some slight adverse effect.

Carmita García, 57, accompanied her mother, Lucila Ramírez, 84, to receive the booster dose. He commented that there was no delay in attention. He hopes that with this booster inoculation his mother will not get sick and will enjoy more years of life.

Silvia Aymara, district director in the Ministry of Public Health, estimated that in the South District some 20,000 older adults have already received the reinforcement and at the Metropolitan District level some 60,000. The process started in this sector on November 1.

He announced that other massive vaccination centers will be opened because the vaccination center of the Paseo San Francisco shopping center, which is located in Cumbayá, will only attend until Thursday. (I)