The Ministry of Health issued a statement on the afternoon of this Tuesday, April 12, 2022 to “clarify” that “it’s not mandatory” present the certificate or vaccination card with the booster dose in public or private spaces where required.
This announcement comes after this Tuesday morning the National COE announced that from Monday, April 18 “the presentation of the vaccination card with the third dose.
Even in a bulletin shared with journalists, the words of the director of the COE, Juan Zapata, are collected, who says: “As of Monday, April 18, they will begin to execute checks on premises and commercial establishments to verify the presentation of the card with the third dose to be able to enter; This measure does not apply to enter the country.”
#CLARIFICATION | We remind citizens that the presentation of the vaccination certificate with three doses
The reinforcement of the vaccine helps us to control, even more, the pandemic and continue with the productive reactivation. #VaccinatedWe’reSafe pic.twitter.com/L8pwzkNeL7
– Ministry of Public Health (@Salud_Ec) April 12, 2022
In its statement, the Ministry of Health indicates that from next Monday the 18th the complete vaccination schedule will be subject to the third dose. That is, if a person has received two doses, he will not have a complete vaccination schedule.
The scheme is as follows:
- First dose.
- Second dose (if applied according to the pharmacist). It must be remembered that the Cansino vaccine is a single dose and its reinforcement is equivalent to a second application.
- booster dosewhich must be placed after five months have elapsed since the second dose.
“If the five-month period to apply the booster dose has not yet been met, your certificate will continue to be valid,” the document details.
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