The head of the Ministry of Public Health (MSP), Daniel Rivera, stated this Tuesday that the children between the ages of five and 11who joined the vaccination plan last February, will only receive up to a second dose, but they are analyzing the possibility of a reinforcement.
Rivera pointed out that currently the international health authorization for inoculation in minors contemplates only two doses, however, he said that “It is calculated” that they can be vaccinated annually as is done with influenza.
According to the official, currently 10% of 1,236,644 children have been inoculated planned in the Vaccine RD plan, of which 6% have already received the second.
Likewise, the doctor called for confidence in continuing to be vaccinated because although more than two years have passed since the virulent disease arrived in the country, the definitive behavior of the virus is still unknown.
“You remember how many variants there were, gamma, delta, omicron. So it is a new virus and we are under observation, “he said.
current vaccination
According to the statistics of the Vacúnate RD digital portal, 15,520,844 doses have been applied in the country, of which 7,192,098 are the first and 5,936,957 the second, while the booster has already been distributed to 2,303,681 citizens.
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