Carla VizzottiMinister of Health of the Nation, announced this Wednesday that a second booster of the vaccine against coronaviruswhich in practice will represent for most of those who receive it a “fourth dose” since the immunization campaign began.
In addition, the ministers of the area of all the country’s jurisdictions agreed to spend next Monday to a “comprehensive Covid-19 surveillance strategy”. Among the main novelties, the diagnosis of people with risk factors will be prioritized and the situation reports will no longer be published every day and will start to spread on a weekly basis Sundays.
“We are going to start applying a second vaccine booster against Covid-19,” the official wrote on that social network. She explained that, as in previous stages of the immunization campaign, some groups will be prioritized.
The first to receive the second reinforcement will be the health personnel, people 50 years of age or older, those over 12 years of age with risk conditions, security forces and teachers.
“If you are part of these groups, you have already received your initial scheme and 4 months have passed since your first reinforcement, you will be able to give yourself the second as soon as your jurisdiction defines it,” the minister pointed out.