Since mid-2021, several countries in the world and in the region began applying a booster dose to their citizens. With this, they sought to prevent the hospital systems from becoming saturated again as well as to avoid the complications of COVID-19 in their citizens.
The first sectors to apply this reinforcement were health personnel and older adults, as they are part of the vulnerable population. Countries like Israel, Turkey, France, Canada, Germany, United States, among others. In America, the Dominican Republic, Chile and Uruguay were the first to make that decision.
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This led to the adjustment of the guidelines in several countries, in the same way that the definition of a complete vaccination schedule, which had been arranged in two doses, was reconsidered.
Since last February, the European Union changed the regulations regarding the COVID passport that it had implemented since July 2021. This is a digital certificate that allows you to travel through the countries of the region that certifies that a person is vaccinated, recovered or has a test negative in the last 48 or 72 hours.
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Among the new provisions that came into effect is the one referring to the time of the last vaccination. After nine months of the last vaccination, the passport expires, which is why, in order not to be governed by movement restrictions, it is necessary to apply a booster dose.
Last December, Chile had arranged that from January 1 of this year, people who wanted to keep their health pass must have a booster dose.
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At the internal level, several countries require that citizens have the third dose to enter closed spaces such as shopping centers, among others. (I)
Source: Eluniverso
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