(CRHoy.com).- The Defender of the Inhabitants, Catalina Crespo Sancho, solicitous to the Executive President of the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS), Román Macaya, publicize all the scientific and technical foundations to apply vaccines against COVID-19.
This mainly in relation to the difference between the brands for the first and second dose.
On August 25, the National Vaccination and Epidemiology Commission (CNVE) announced that the application of the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine would be advanced, for all people over 30 years old and under 58 years old, who are 8 to 12 weeks after their first dose.
As indicated, the announced measure aims to accelerate the placement of second doses in order to reduce mortality and hospitalization, given the fourth wave of infections that the country is facing, due to the spread of the Delta variant.
The measure will apply both for those people vaccinated with the first dose of Pfizer, like those who already received AstraZeneca. For both cases, the second dose administered will be that of Pfizer.
Additionally, it was reported that people under the age of 57, who receive their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine from now on, They will be divided into 2 groups for the application of the second dose.
The Commission also pointed out that in relation to the population under 30 years of age, the Fund will be empowered to determine if the vaccination time also decreases “as a contingency plan to avoid loss of doses and complete as many schedules as possible.
For this, The Ombudsman’s Office asks for strict monitoring of the vaccination processIn order to guarantee the rights of the inhabitants, the CCSS authorities were asked to detail the scientific and technical foundations that support and justify the new conditions for applying the vaccines, both in terms of terms and the difference. between the marks for the first and second dose.
The Ombudsman’s Office He also asked for the management plan for these vaccines; and whether or not the CCSS will adopt the vaccination system at all hours and every day.
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