(CRHoy.com) At the cutoff of this May 9, a total of 24.076 personas They had already received the fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, according to data from the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS).
The Integrated Vaccine System (SIVA), realizes that they are 11,926 men and 12,150 women, who voluntarily went to the vaccination centers to get the second booster.
In the midst of the controversy over the obligatory nature or not of the biological, the doctors of the Caja they recalled the importance of completing the immunization schedule.
“This allows effective protection against this disease, both in reducing the risk of suffering from severe symptoms in case of contracting it and in reducing the risk of dying from it,” said Leandra Abarca, from the Department of Epidemiological Surveillance of the CCSS .
The National Vaccination and Epidemiology Commission established that this fourth dose is indicated for people over 50 years of age and immunosuppressed patients 12 years of age and older, that is, those that have diseases that cause their defense system to not work properly.
To receive the second booster it is required to have at least four months having completed the outline.
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