Ecuador entered this Monday, February 14, 2022, in a new phase of the vaccination process against COVID-19.
Persons over 18 years from now on you can access your booster dose, once they have completed five months after the second injection and from this Tuesday, February 15, the children of between 3 and 4 years will be able to access the inoculation.
In Ecuador they vaccinated those five years old.
For infants, the process will be progressive; will start in four cities: Quito, Machala, Zamora Chinchipe and Loja.
It will be used Sinovac; in 28 days, a second dose.
From the February 21stvaccination of infants will be nationwide.
On February 15, vaccination against COVID-19 begins for children 3 and 4 years old; further lowering the age range is being analyzed
Tatiana Well, zonal coordinator 9 which corresponds to the Metropolitan District of Quito of the Ministry of Public Health (MSP)maintained that they work jointly with the Ministry of Education and they will go to vaccinate in the child Development Centers, but parents can also take their children to the vaccination centers.
Legal representatives must carry the informed consent.
In Quito, the population between 3 and 4 years old is 98,436 childrenof which 16,000 are in school.
From this Monday the 14th, those over 18 years of age will be able to apply the reinforcement of the vaccine against COVID-19
Meanwhile, the over 18 years old have already started going to the inoculation points after the MSP announced that they can now access their reinforcement. This was the case for Anna Tiban, from 35 years, who went to the coliseum of the Catholic University, in the north of Quito.
The age ranges have been lowering over the months and has been expanded to as many people as possible. The first group to receive the third dose was the health personnel, from October 2021, and then older adults.
For Tibán, getting vaccinated allows to prevent the coronavirus and especially take care of their parents. In his vaccination card he stated the dose of AstraZeneca which was the one he received. He assured that he felt no pain. If she felt any discomfort, they recommended that she apply cold water compresses or take a pill. In the previous two doses had no reaction. He has also not contracted COVID-19.
who was infected was Steven Celi, 24, student at the Salesian Polytechnic University (UPS) two months ago. He felt what he called a flu which lasted a week.
He also went to that study center to have the third dose. On an internal UPS platform, he learned that he could already be vaccinated. The process, he said, was agile. He began by presenting an identification document at the entrance gate, then entered the coliseum and sat for a few minutes. In the previous doses he had headache What happened after 24 hours?
“I put the third dose more for protection because since I am a student and I have to be (constantly) going to the U., then, to protect myself and my family,” Celi said.
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Pozo pointed out that advance time, then it is searched avoid let there be complications with the disease and with the new wave of virus infections, it has been shown that immunization decreased mortality.
Another factor that has been taken into account to advance the administration of the booster dose from six months to five months is the carnival Holiday, that is coming, given that the population is probably displaced, is in social circles and cases could increase, added the official. (I)
Source: Eluniverso
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