This is the schedule for the application of booster doses for those who completed the vaccination schedule in Ecuador

The application of booster doses against COVID-19 for the population over 18 years of age was advanced a month, this was announced today by the Minister of Health, Ximena Garzón.

This was one of the measures that the Government plans to implement against the omicron variant.

“People who are already six months after their second dose can come closer (…), they can come closer to receiving their booster dose, their third dose,” Garzón said in a virtual conversation on Tuesday.

Due to the omicron variant, booster dose vaccination against COVID-19 is advanced for December 1

In Ecuador, booster doses are currently being given to health personnel, the elderly, and people with immunosuppression. For people who suffer from moderate to severe immunosuppression, older than 12 years, the same vaccine received in the first and second doses will be used.

In the evening, the Ministry of Health released the monthly vaccination schedule for the booster doses. Those who completed the vaccination schedule with Pfizer, AstraZeneca and Sinovac will receive a booster dose of AstraZeneca after six months. In the case of those who received the CanSino single-dose, they will also receive it in six months.

If I was vaccinated abroad against COVID-19, what is the booster dose that I will receive in Ecuador?

On November 30, those who were vaccinated for the second dose on May 31 could attend. This is the schedule for this week:

Wednesday 1: Vaccinated on June 1.

Thursday 2nd: Vaccinated on June 2.

Friday 3rd: Vaccinated June 3.

Saturday 4th: Vaccinated on June 4.

Sunday 5th: Vaccinated on June 5.

What about those vaccinated with doses that are not applied in Ecuador?

The Ministry of Health also announced that for those who were vaccinated abroad with doses of vaccines that are not applied in the country, they will be able to receive the booster dose according to the following distribution:

Within the guidelines for the application of booster doses, it is specified that “people with a history of a thrombotic disease, such as pulmonary thrombo-embolism, deep vein thrombosis, cerebrovascular accident, mesenteric ischemia certified by a specialist doctor, it is recommended to perform the dose of booster with the vaccine of the laboratory Pfizer-BioNTech (BNT162b2) or Sinovac (CoronaVac), according to availability ”. (I)