On the recommendation of the Advisory Committee and the Consensus of Experts, the second dose of Moderna vaccine in Colombia would be applied 12 weeks after the first and not at 28 days, which is the minimum waiting time.
(See: It is not true that they have declared covid-19 an ‘endemic infection’).
The announcement was made by the Minister of Health, Fernando Ruiz Gomez, who assured that they are analyzing the comment to make a final decision on the matter.
“The request was made to Invima. It is possible that the official announcement will be made next week, in accordance with the Invima concept and we are prepared to communicate it to the territoriesRuiz asserted.
(See: Colombia will apply a third dose of the covid vaccine).
The Ministry of Health also insisted on the need to maintain the care and biosecurity measures, Despite the downward trend in reports of infections and deaths from covid.
“We all have a major challenge: first, maintain self-care measures,
and second, maintain mass vaccination rates, looking for susceptible populations that have not received their vaccine or that have not completed the schedules.“.
And it was made clear that the coronavirus is not going to go away. What’s more, “the possibility of a fourth peak is real.”
(See: WHO says the third dose of vaccine is not necessary for now).
“Having detected the presence of the delta variant, which is of greater transmission, only with mass vaccination will we have the possibility of reducing the impact that there may be on mortality as a result of the greater transmission“Minister Ruiz closed.
With cut to August 20, the National Vaccination Plan has distributed 35’132,484 doses against the coronavirus, of which 33’005,580 have been applied. And the number of fully immunized people, with one or two doses, is 14,157,111.
(See: The US says vaccine effectiveness decreases over time).
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