The new vaccines against covid-19 are used as booster doses and extend protection against all clinical manifestations that SARS-CoV-2 disease can cause
Health Service has administered 230,000 covid booster vaccines” class=”lazy lazy-hidden wp-image-220586″ srcset=”” sizes=”(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px” data- recalc-dims=”1″/>The Canary Islands Health Service has administered 230,000 covid booster vaccines
The vaccination teams Canarian Health Service have administered 230,586 second booster doses since September 26, when the campaign began with the vaccines adapted to the variants of Omicron.
The new booster vaccines against covid-19which are inoculated to older than 12 yearsare used as booster doses and enhance and amplify the immune response and, therefore, protection against all the clinical manifestations that the disease can cause. SARS-CoV-2.
Specialists insist that the protection conferred by the vaccine begins to diminish from five months since the last dose, so it is necessary to receive a reinforcement, the Ministry of Health has reported.
Since the beginning of the vaccination campaign, they have been inoculated 4,686,110 doses of the coronavirus vaccine.
The booster dose can be given five months after the last dose.
In Canary Islands hay 1.856.926 personas who have received at least one dose, which represents the 88,52% of the target population, and 1.800.460 have received the full agenda vaccination, which represents 85.83 percent.
people with previous pathologies of any age and older than 60 years They are the most vulnerable groups and most prone to complications if they suffer from the disease, so it is necessary to periodically administer booster doses adapted to the new Omicron variants and their subvariants.
The booster dose can be administered after at least five months have elapsed since the last dose received against covid-19.
In the case of having presented a recent coronavirus infection, they must wait at least three months after the infection to receive this booster dose.
Health centers on all the islands are vaccinating against covid-19. To access the vaccination, you can request an appointment through the app or the website of MiCitaPrevia from SCS or by calling 012 (922 470 012 o 928 301 012).
In addition, some walk-in vaccination points are maintained to facilitate access to vaccination.
