Vaccination centers in the capital and Chimaltenango began this Wednesday, January 5, to place the third dose of the coronavirus vaccine, as a booster, to people who completed three months (90 days) after having placed the second dose.
After noon, the Ministry of Health ruled on the matter and indicated that the time to place the booster dose against covid-19 was reduced from 6 months (180 days) to 3 months (90 days), and indicated that from On Thursday 6th, the people who comply with that period will be able to receive the reinforcement.
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An image circulated on social networks, with the letterhead of the Government of Guatemala and the Ministry of Health, in which it was reported an update in the vaccination system, and that now the interval for placing the booster dose had been reduced to 3 months .
Alma, the free and automated system that provides the Guatemalan population with answers about covid-19, published on its social networks that in the Cayalá and Peri Roosevelt vaccination centers the third dose was already being vaccinated to the general population that I would have been three months old.
In addition, the Municipality of Chimaltenango, published that the three permanent vaccination centers that the capital has already vaccinate with the booster dose to people who have completed three months of having received the second vaccine.
Regarding the image that circulates:
Only Cayalá confirmed this modality.
It has been used 6 months because that is when it has been seen that antibodies decrease in the general population. It is safe for people who have comorbidities, and it is specifically recommended for them. pic.twitter.com/GRspY1FmYt
– ALMA Guatemala (@alma_guatemala) January 5, 2022
In the vaccination center of La Casa de la Cultura de Chimaltenango, Free Press Y Guatevisión they verified that they are giving the third dose to the general population with three months. In addition, in the vaccination center of the Cetach school and in the Paseo Andaria shopping center.
Health Version
The Minister of Health, Francisco Coma, announced that after a meeting held with the National Vaccination Committee, made up of infectious disease specialists and experts, the decision was made to reduce the vaccination time to three months due to the growth in the number of cases. After the second dose, “this will allow us to be able very quickly to protect a good percentage of the population in order to give them protection against the possibility of new infections”.
The primary objective is to protect the people and reinforce the most vulnerable, and it is an option that is open to all those with a complete scheme, who have been vaccinated for 3 months, and can appear at any vaccination post as of tomorrow.
Coma also called on the population so that if they have not been vaccinated, they should do so promptly. “The Ministry has a community vaccination strategy and what is required is the will of the population to be vaccinated,” he said.
#MSPAS | The Minister of Public Health and Social Assistance, Doctor Francisco Coma announced the reduction of the vaccination time to three months after the second dose.
We tell you details in the following link: https://t.co/Yh7kv7wXVi pic.twitter.com/3Mh2WzOEaC
– Ministry of Public Health (@MinSaludGuate) January 5, 2022
“It is already under review, the reduction at three months is already contemplated and waiting to be made official, but at the moment it continues officially for six months, but it is already being worked on. In fact, some issues such as approval are pending, “said Mazariegos, before the confirmation of the Ministry of Health.
The Minister of Public Health and Social Assistance, Doctor Francisco Coma announced that after a meeting held with the National Vaccination Committee, which is made up of infectious disease specialists and experts, the decision was made to reduce the time of vaccination three months after the second dose, “this will allow us to be able very quickly to protect a good percentage of the population in order to protect them against the possibility of new infections”.
The primary objective is to protect the people and reinforce the most vulnerable, and it is an option that is open to all those with a complete scheme, who have been vaccinated for 3 months, and can appear at any vaccination post as of tomorrow.
The Minister also called on the population that those who have not been vaccinated, do so promptly and in a timely manner, the Ministry has a community vaccination strategy and what is required is the will of the population to be vaccinated.
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