From March 1, 2022, the teenagers from 12 to 17 years11 months and 29 days can also receive the booster dose against him covid-19 in Ecuador. The requirement is that they have fulfilled six months of the application of the second vaccine.
As reported by the Ministry of Public Health (MSP) this Wednesday, March 2, 2022, the provision appears in the Covid-19 vaccination guideline. There it is indicated that this age group will receive the biological Pfizer-BioNtech.
Before that date, the third vaccine it was administered from the age of 18 and over five years with a diagnosis of moderate or severe immunosuppression.
Where to get vaccinated?
This dose will be administered in all enabled points for him SMEs on a national scale. The prerequisite is to bear printed and signed the informed consent that must be delivered by parents or legal representatives.
According to data from vacuum gaugethe population of adolescents between 12 and 17 years old is 2,000,000. Guayas, Pichincha, Los Ríos and Manabí are the provinces with the highest number in this age group.
The figures of this digital tool, where data on the pandemicshow that up to February 28, 77.63% of this population had received both vaccines, while 88.80% received only one dose.
Third dose for those over 18 years of age
At feature of the MSP it is also explained that the placement of the reinforcement to the over 18 years after fulfilling five months of the complete scheme. They will apply AstraZeneca O Pfizer, depending on availability. For people who received the single dose of tiresome they will be administered the same biological.
Information from the State Portfolio indicates that with the administration of the third dose it is expected that the population will have a better immune response in front of the variants the SARS-COV2, which causes covid-19. Until Monday, February 28, 2022, 4.1 million reinforcements have been placed, according to the Vacunometer.
Since last February 21 in Ecuador, children have also been immunized children and girls from three and four years. Infants receive two doses of the Chinese Sinovac, in an interval of 28 days. The parents of the minors must present the informed consent.
Can you get vaccinated if you had covid-19?
The Ministry of Health recalled that in case of having had covid-19 the person can place the reinforcement, once the treatment has been completed. period of isolation and not present symptom of the disease as fever or breathing problems.
Likewise, the guideline details that people with some contraindication they should not receive the same type of vaccine and can access another biological. Prior to this, a Risks evaluation detailed and evidence allergy by a specialist allergologist-immunologist.
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