The people regretted that, although they respected the schedule, and went to get their doses today, as it was their responsibility to have cards ending in 8 or 9, they still find that there are no longer doses available for them.
On this point, Dr. Castro mentioned that a high percentage of people register on the same day that they are going to be vaccinated, and that generates an increase in demand, because as the Ministry did not have the registry of these people, it had not planned, so to speak, the vaccine for these people.
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Can’t keep up with the same pace
He acknowledged that although it was a success to advance in immunization so far, this causes an instance to be reached where it is no longer possible to continue at the same pace, so with very few doses, the vaccination programs must inevitably be closed.
In this scenario, the PAI holder recommended no longer going to the vaccinations, since the wait may be in vain, since there is not enough provision to continue with the first doses.
On the other hand, he admitted that when receiving new amounts of vaccine, the immunization of the first doses should be reactivated, and continue with the age groups that at the time could not attend for some reason.
Héctor Castro mentioned that the first batch of the 69,000 Pfizers that the State bought had already been used.
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Second doses will be supplied
The second doses will be supplied from the next game, which will begin to be applied from next Monday.
As for the 33,900 Pfizer vaccines that arrived last Friday, these are also part of those that were administered.
When asked if it was not possible to use part of the shipment arrived last night to meet the people who went today to request the first dose and respected the schedule, and then replenish with the next shipments, because in any case they will continue to receive more biologicals, the doctor Castro responded that the second doses are extremely important and it is a priority that they be completed.
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You have to keep thinking about vulnerable
He added that there are many laggards over 60 who have not yet been vaccinated, as well as young people with chronic diseases, and in view of that, for fairness, a two-week pause is established until immunization can be reactivated including these groups of high vulnerability.
Tomorrow, Thursday and Friday, are days for the second doses of Moderna and Sinopharm vaccines. Those who received first doses until June 30, should go this Thursday 29 those who have IDs from 0 to 4 and on Friday, July 30, those who have documents culminating from 5 to 9.
As for AstraZeneca, an amount of 250,000 doses will be received from Spain. The arrival is expected between this Friday and Sunday. Once these biologicals arrive in Paraguayan territory, the application of second doses will begin for those who have been immunized with this brand.
Correct count to apply Pfizer
Regarding the Pfizer vaccine, the application of the second doses will start from Monday, August 2.
To those who were immunized with this biological, Dr. Castro reminded them that they must consider the date of application as day zero, and from there they must count 21 days to go to receive the second dose.
It is important to keep in mind that it is appropriate to approach the vaccination center where the first dose was received.
He assured that in these situations, the identification number no longer matters nor will any obstacle be put, other than the calculation of 21 days to comply exactly with the second dose of the people.
There is tolerance up to 28 days
If for some reason someone cannot come on the day that corresponds to the second application, they can go the next day, since it is recommended by the manufacturer of the biological to complete the scheme between 21 and 28 days later.
The next week will be dedicated exclusively to the application of second doses, since the goal is to reach 1,500,000 people with the complete anticovid scheme by the end of August.
With regard to the group that remained floating, the 18 and 19-year-olds with no underlying pathology, there is still no date for their vaccination turn. The date assigned to them depends on the arrival of the vaccines.
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