The Undersecretary of Health, Hugo López-Gatell, reported that in October the the vaccination campaign against covid-19 and it will only apply to vulnerable groups, that is, the elderly, pregnant women and people with chronic diseases.
In the morning conference From the National Palace, the official explained that the biological will be applied along with the annual campaign against influenza.
“Regarding the age groups for the use of the vaccine, the World Health Organization has made the recommendation on which are the population groups, they are practically the same for vaccination against influenza, adults older than 60 yearspeople with certain chronic diseases, chronic and chronic lung disease, diabetes, extreme obesity, immunosuppression, cancer, pregnant women,” he said.
He made it clear that it is not recommended to vaccinate minors and adolescents, according to WHO parameters, because during the pandemic it was observed that they have a low risk of complications.
He also took the opportunity to mention that will continue to use the vaccines that were originally created against covid-19, because bivalents only have commercial objectives.
“The vaccines against covid-19 of original composition, those that were formulated at the beginning of the epidemic, continue to be effective and The WHO does not make a recommendation to privilege any specific type of vaccines, but considers that the originally created vaccines are still effective.
Instead, the WHOdoes not emphasize that bivalent formulations should be used because they have the contents of the most recent strains, companies like Pfizer and Moderna have wanted to permeate that idea, it is a commercial aspiration”, he pointed out.
remembered that Vaccines do not protect against the disease, but rather prevent the disease from getting worse.
“That is why it is a selective vaccination in terms of populations at risk,” he concluded.
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2023-07-04 17:02:00
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