From February 15 will start the vaccination against COVID-19 to children between 3 and 4 years old.
This was announced by Minister of Health, Ximena Garzónthis Wednesday in radio interviews.
The official, regarding the trip made to China, together with a delegation led by President Guillermo Lasso, indicated -among the achievements obtained- the donation of 2.5 million vaccines intended for the inoculation of children aged 3 and 4 years and also under 3 years of age.
“We are already analyzing that, in the next few days we will give the guidelines, From how old will we start vaccinating the little ones?”, he said on the radio Only.
In Ecuador, currently He is vaccinated from the age of 5.
The new age range would depend, he added, on the scientific evidence. He argued that there is a committee of researchers that advises them to make decisions. In China, she said, children from the age of 3 are vaccinated with Sinovac.
According to Garzon, the omicron variant produces in children a syndrome called Long COVID and that vaccine prevents the development of that syndrome.
Reinforcement of the anti-COVID-19 vaccine is already applied in Guayaquil to people from the age of 40, with 5 months of having received the second dose
three million vaccines Sinovac will be used to immunize children aged 3 and 4 years.
With respect to donation made by China, are in the import process, he added.
The Government had announced last week that this inoculation would begin the third week of February and the tentative date was on February 21.
vaccine factory
The official assured that Sinovac is interested in the installation of a vaccine factory in the country that would serve not only to develop vaccines for that company, but also for the regular scheme for Ecuador to be a supplier.
There were also approaches with other firms for the equipment of hospitals and the purchase of PCR tests in saliva, to improve the epidemiological surveillance system.
Source: Eluniverso
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