Since tomorrow Monday, June 6 through Friday, June 10, people 18 years of age and older will be able to apply the second booster vaccine, or the fourth doseof the immunization schedule against coronavirus.
This second booster vaccine will be accessible to all those who have complied four months from the application of the third dose.
“Regardless of the platform that has been applied, the second booster dose will be supplied according to availability,” they explained from the health portfolio.
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first doses
If there are still people who have not received their first anti-coronavirus vaccine, during the week they can go to any of the authorized vaccination centers to receive the dose.
Boys and girls between the ages of five and 11 will receive Pfizer Pediatric vaccines, while adolescents between the ages of 12 and 17 will be vaccinated using the Pfizer platform. The rest of the population will be supplied with the available platforms.
Second doses
Second doses of the primary immunization schedule against respiratory disease are also available. People vaccinated with Pfizer should get their second shot three weeks after the first, while those immunized with Astrazeneca, Moderna, Sputnik V, Coronavac and Sinopharm after four weeks.
The first booster dose or third anticovid dose are available for adolescents aged 12 to 17 years who have completed the vaccination schedule, with a minimum interval of 4 months.
Also people aged 18 and over who have completed their scheme in Paraguay or abroad and health personnel.
flu shots
It should be remembered that vaccination against influenza is also enabled. This immunization is available to the population from six months onwards.