Ecuador will apply a fourth dose against COVID-19.
The Minister of Health, Ximena Garzón, This is how he revealed it after a meeting with his team of collaborators.
From October 2021 a third dose is administered in the country. It began with health personnel and has been extended to the entire population in general. Even children from the ages of three years old.
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“Seeing how the scientific evidence at the international level shows us that from the fifth month the effectiveness of the vaccines begins to decrease, since we did speak yesterday, we shuffle the probability, that from May, those people who received the vaccines in December, can now receive their booster, “he said on the radio Francisco Stereo, This Thursday, February 24.
He added that it will be especially in health personnel who were the first vaccinated as well as in the most vulnerable population that is already five months old.
The rest of the citizenry, received in January and February 2022 the third dose will be his regular vaccination, in June or July, because Garzón considered that the coronavirus will be endemic.
The official indicated that more than 88% of the population has received one dose, 84% two doses and almost 25% third dose.
Epidemiological situation.
Regarding the epidemiological situation due to COVID-19, he mentioned that all the figures are going down.
So there is a 28% occupancy in hospitalization, 49% in intensive care unit (ICU) when in past weeks, there was 87% occupation in intensive care.
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Another indicator is the viral positivity, which has dropped from around 67% to 10%, that is, he explained, that of every 100 patients who have a PCR test swab, only 10 are positive.
Aspire to stop mid or end of March, positivity is at 5%, which will be an indicator that the pandemic will be under control, which will allow -he mentioned- to make new decisions, for example, to relax the use of masks, especially in open spaces. (I).
Source: Eluniverso
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