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Health sector process advances. Between 2,000 and 4,000 members of the medical staff, nationwide, have been vaccinated daily with a third dose.
Among 2,000 and 4,000 members of the health personnel, nationwide, they have been vaccinated daily with the third dose against the coronavirus.
The process began on October 18 and the Ministry of Public Health (MSP) he estimates that there are around 110,000 people. Vaccines are used AstraZeneca.
Vaccination is carried out in of the phases. The first phase The booster is for those who were inoculated with second doses from February to April 2021. The second level It is for those healthcare workers who received the second dose beginning in May.
Health personnel already receive their third dose against COVID-19
With regard to older adults, Cristina Aldaz, institutional manager of the management of national vaccination plan of the Ministry of Public Health (MSP), indicated that the guidelines are being issued taking into account international recommendations and their reinforcement, as well as for the population with some immunosuppression condition from 12 years onwards.
The initial condition is that they have fulfilled as minimum six months after you have received the second dose.
For the over 65 years old, the third dose is because they have a increased risk of disease serious or die from coronavirus. The vaccine to be used will be AstraZeneca.
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“Only the patients that have conditions of immunosuppression they will receive their third dose with a homologous regimen, that is, with the same vaccine that their first and second doses were given, ”said the official about the booster dose.
Vaccinated abroad
The Ministry of Public Health (MSP) will place a second dose for people who were vaccinated abroad according to the following guideline: those who were vaccinated with Johnson & Johnson will not receive a second dose, according to Aldaz, because it is single dose.
In the case of Modern, the second dose will be from Pfizer. For Sputnik V, AstraZeneca or Pfizer. They can go to any health center or mass point. They must present a vaccination card or certificate indicating the first dose.
In the case of requiring a third dose for whom it is they were immunized abroad, the condition is the same as in Ecuador, that is, it must be with a six month interval of the second dose and be over 65 years of age or have a certified immunosuppressive disease.
About the General population a third dose is not yet defined.
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