The Ministry of Public Health reminds the population that the third booster of the vaccine against COVID-19 in Salta, that is, the fifth dose, is available in hospitals, health centers and mobile vaccination posts.
The province is among the top 10 in the country with the most people vaccinated with this booster. According to the data provided by the Public Vaccination Monitor, 51,597 people from Salta received it.
This application is aimed at:
- People over 50 years of age, pregnant women and immunocompromised people: The booster is administered 6 months after the last dose and then continues with the same frequency.
- People under 50 years of age with chronic diseases, health personnel and strategic personnel: It is given 6 months after the last application and then the periodicity is annual.
- People between 6 months and 49 years: The booster is inoculated 12 months after the last vaccine received and will then have an annual frequency.
The director of Primary Health Care, Juan Pablo Castillosaid that “the boosters are necessary to sustain protection and prevent the development of severe forms of the disease.”
Vaccines in Salta
The Ministry of Public Health exceeded 3.1 million doses applied against coronavirus. It is the eighth jurisdiction that administered the most biologicals, behind the province of Buenos Aires, the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, and the provinces of Córdoba, Entre Ríos, Mendoza, Santa Fe and Tucumán.
Of the total vaccines provided by the national State, 1,202,113 first doses were inoculated in Salta, 1,044,262 of the second, 579,125 of the third, 191,900 of the fourth, 56,372 of the additional and 4,852 of a single application.
Until today, there are 51,597 people who have received the fifth dose. The data coincides with what is published in the Public Vaccination Monitor of the Ministry of Health of the Nation, which presents a daily update, in the morning.
The Director of Primary Health Care highlighted the efforts of all the health personnel who work immunizing the people of Salta, “the vocation for service of the vaccinators who have been inoculating against COVID-19 for three years in all operational areas is admirable. from the province. Thanks to their great efforts, today we have more than 3 million vaccines administered.”
Cases of COVID-19
In the last epidemiological weeks (SE), an increase in COVID-19 cases was recorded in Salta.
The head of the Epidemiological Surveillance program, Vanina Galvanexplained that “this trend has been seen since mid-December, which reflects an increase in the number of coronavirus cases between one epidemiological week and the next.”
He added that the largest gap was reflected between EW 50, in which 12 cases were reported, and EW 51, where 18 positive patients were confirmed. The increase is 6 cases, which represents 50 percent.
The number of people who contracted this virus, distributed in the last SE of 2023 and the first of 2024, is as follows:
- SE 48 (11/26 to 12/02): 14 positive.
- SE 49 (03/12 to 09/12): 15 positive.
- SE 50 (10/12 to 16/12): 12 positive.
- SE 51 (12/17 to 12/23): 18 positive.
- SE 52 (12/24 to 12/30): 21 positive.
- SE 1 of 2024 (12/31/23 to 01/06/24): 20 positive.
2024-01-08 15:40:00
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