They will start with the doctors and nurses, then the rest of the healthcare workers, and then the adults over 60 years of age.
The Minister of Health of Venezuela, Carlos Alvarado, reported this Monday that the booster vaccination phase against COVID-19 began formally with the aim of “maintaining control” of the pandemic.
“We are complying with what President Nicolás Maduro instructed us by starting the booster vaccination so necessary to maintain control, which we have so far, of the pandemic in Venezuela, (with) five cases per 100,000 inhabitants, and to be able to maintain that. we have to get vaccinated, “the minister said in a broadcast on the Venezuelan state television channel (VTV).
Alvarado assured that the country has all the necessary doses for the booster and that this week the doctors and nurses who are in direct contact with patients diagnosed with the virus, and then the rest of the health workers, including the paramedics and firefighters. Starting next week, they will include those over 60.
“The third week of January, (will be vaccinated) patients under 60 years of age who have an associated disease that may increase the risk of complications if they acquire the disease, and the week above (following), the staff who work with the public. As of February, the rest of the population that has already had the vaccine for more than 6 months, “he explained.
He also said that these first days, he will be vaccinated in hospitals, clinics and Comprehensive Diagnostic Centers (CDI), and next week it will be in all the inoculation centers enabled in the country.
However, this Monday the immunization process began at the Alba Caracas hotel, without distinguishing between people over 60 years of age or health personnel.
Claret Rodríguez, 43, went to the hotel in the morning to receive the third dose of the vaccine as a form of prevention and protection for her and her family members.
“(It is) a way to protect the Venezuelan people against COVID-19. It is a preventive measure because I have taken my two doses at the right time, “he told Eph.
Jesús Restrepo also went to the hotel and assured Efe that the process to receive the vaccine is “light” and called on the rest of Venezuelans to be immunized.
“It is necessary for many people to come to be vaccinated (…) I tell people to come to be vaccinated because it is essential for this blessed evil to end, otherwise we will continue with this,” he added.
Two more people died of COVID-19 in Venezuela, bringing the total number of deaths since the start of the pandemic to 5,333, Executive Vice President Delcy Rodríguez reported this Sunday. (I)
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