Tijuana.- Doses of the Cuban Abdala vaccine against Covid-19 could arrive in Baja California this week to be applied to the elderly and people with immunosuppressive diseases, said José Adrián Medina Amarillas, head of the Ministry of Health of Tijuana, Baja California.
The official said Ruy López Ridaura, of the National Center for Disease Prevention and Control Programs (Cenaprece), told him the organic would arrive in the country this week.
“The request we made was to apply the booster to the population over 60, people who are already vaccinated, but receive this booster only to be sure to reactivate the immune system, so that if infected with Covid they don’t get infected. it complicates . “, he said she.
Medina Amarillas assured that the organic of Cuba has been authorized by the Federal Commission for the Protection against Health Risks (Cofepris) to be applied only to adults over the age of 60.
Previously, the Secretary of State for Health hinted that the Covid-19 vaccines for Mexico would arrive in early November, according to information provided by Cenaprece, and a batch would be destined for Baja California.
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However, this Wednesday the official said the Health Ministry’s plan was to apply them before winter, which starts on December 21.
“We hope to comply, they tell me they will arrive next week, we will still be on time. There were no vaccines in the country until they were able to obtain this important batch of Cuban Abdala vaccine (…) It is a safe vaccine and can be distributed starting next week, ”she added.
On the other hand, Óscar Efrén Zazueta, Head of State Epidemiology, explained that some scientific theories indicate that the application of booster vaccines against Covid-19 should be applied annually.
“Every year we will need reinforcements. For now we are working with the immune data that exist, the vaccine is one of the strategies, I think the most important thing is that it helps us prevent hospitalization ”, she added.
The official stressed that Covid-19 is an emerging disease, as are vaccines for its prevention, and there are many questions about the duration of vaccine-acquired immunity, however the epidemiology chief believes that with the reinforcements applied The population is protected this season.
