The Ministry of Health of the Nation has announced the application, starting in November, of a third booster of the vaccine against COVID-19, the so-called fifth dose. In a first phase, a booster vaccination was prioritized for healthcare personnel regardless of age, people aged 50 and over, and people aged 12 and over with immunocompromised conditions, and people aged between between 18 and 49 years with risk factors. at least 120 days (4 months) have passed since the application of the last booster.
TiempoSur spoke with the province’s health minister, Claudio Garcíawho realized that “in Santa Cruz, in what is the complete primary scheme we are above 90%, which is a good basis of protection, subsequently in the vaccination process up to the 5th dose the percentage of application is variable , the 5th dose is the one with the fewest people asking, but we are in the middle of the process ”.
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In this sense, he announced that the application of the third reinforcement in children under 12 will begin on January 9th. “The vaccine we give to children and adults today is the Moderna vaccine, there is some residue from some of the other vaccines according to the vaccination center, but the predominance is from Moderna,” he reviewed.
Asked about the reluctance of some people to apply the booster doses, blaming the contraindications in the application, the minister clarified: “In some cases a pseudo-flu state may occur and in other cases some symptoms appear, but always lower than those of the disease. The organism that has symptoms is making its defense accordingly. Unwanted effects, but necessary because they give a parameter that immunity is strengthening”.
In the last section of the note, the official commented that “the monitoring of the pandemic is daily, beyond the weekly reports. We are still in a pandemic, not only that, but in the world and in Argentina there is a significant increase in cases, also the emergence of new strains that are being studied and analysed”.
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As for the province, he said that “we have an increase in cases closely associated with events and massive agglomerations, in fact, when there was the November 28 holiday, there was a peak of infections, when the cases were in Caleta Olivia they were increasing, and so was the case in Rio Gallegos.It is still a problem that becomes common at this time of year due to parties, gatherings and the circulation of the virus. Crowding and lack of protection are the cause of the increase in infections”.
