If you received the fourth anticovid dose six months ago or more, the fifth vaccine can now be placed in the differentThe vaccination points of the city and the provinces.
The health authorities confirmed that the health centers already have the fifth dose and call on the population to be immunized to be protected against the new variants that are emerging globally.
People who already have the fourth can receive it and that they are within the authorized groups, that is, they are over five years old.
Some health centers in the city, such as Anita Leigue, have undertaken the task of promoting the vaccine, deploying personnel who arrive in the neighborhoods toTo report that they have enough doses and that the fifth anticovid vaccine is among the offer. The only requirement is to have the complete schedule, including the fourth injectable.
The Epidemiology manager of the Departmental Health Service (Sedes), Carlos Hurtado, indicated that, although covid-19 is under control, we must not neglect the preventive measures, mainly vaccination, andbecause new variants of the virus are emerging all the time.
According to official data, so far 10,979 people have already received the fifth vaccine. But, it is It is necessary to improve the coverage of the first to reach more people with the fifth.
Currently there is a reach of 70% with first doses, 59% with second doses, 22% with third doses and 5% with fourth doses.
The reports show that a total of 106,930 were applied anticovid dose so far this year, throughout the department of Santa Cruz.
Regarding the epidemiological situation, the authorities reported that Santa Cruz closed the last week with 112 new cases, slightly less than the earlier when 121 were registered. However, they make note that since mid-August weekly cases exceed one hundred, which shows a slight rebound.
new variants
The Vice Minister of Epidemiological Surveillance, Max Enríquez, called on the population not to neglect vaccination because last month it was confirmed that it is circulating in the country the subvariant of omicroncalled BB 1.15.
The authority pointed out that the vaccines available in the country guarantee protection against this subvariant.
Another variant that causes concern on a global scale is EG.5, although it is known as Eris. Is related with the omicron subvariant XBB.1.9.2, and, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), its prevalence is increasing worldwide.
Although it is more contagious, it does not cause a disease more virulent compared to other variants already known, says the world body.
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2023-09-06 08:04:03
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