Colombia will supply a 3rd booster dose of the covid-19 vaccine to individuals over 70 years of age, the Ministry of Well being introduced this Thursday.
“The applying of a 3rd dose or booster dose for the Colombian inhabitants aged 70 and older is accredited,” stated the top of that portfolio, Fernando Ruiz, in a video posted on Twitter.
Those that want to obtain the extra injection should accomplish that not less than six months following the second dose, Ruiz defined. The measure will take impact from October 1.
Colombia has utilized some 37.8 million doses of Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, Janssen and Sinovac. Nearly 16 million individuals have the entire vaccination schedule advisable by laboratories.
Minister Ruiz suggested making use of “the identical organic” used within the two earlier doses or the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, that are messenger RNA sort.
In August, the Ministry of Well being had already provided an extra dose to immunocompromised individuals, who’re extra susceptible to the virus.
Colombia registers regarding 125,000 deaths from the illness and greater than 4.9 million infections.
The nation of fifty million inhabitants has overcome essentially the most crucial part of the pandemic and since mid-July has reported a progressive lower in deaths and infections. The lethal third spike was detonated by the “mu” variant, based on authorities.
The Well being Ministry has acknowledged that mass vaccination, which started in February, has been the primary purpose for the discount in numbers. Within the nation, everybody over 12 years of age will be vaccinated.
Different international locations reminiscent of Spain, Uruguay or the UK have already begun to manage a 3rd dose to essentially the most susceptible inhabitants classes.
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2024-06-17 19:21:18
