Health workers from the Municipality of Quito and the Ministry of Health will get vaccinated against covid-19 in specific centers over the weekend. Photo: Patricio Terán/ EL COMERCIO
Los vaccination centres against him COVID-19 will be enabled in Quito the weekend of Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 December 2022.
According to a statement from the City, the vaccines to people who have pending doses from the age of three.
Age and number of doses
The citizens over 50 years should take into account that the second booster dose will be placed four months after receiving the first reinforcement.
Instead the older than 12 years with moderate or severe immunosuppression, children from 3 to 11 years old with moderate or severe immunosuppression they will get theirs first booster at 28 days after the second dose of Sinovac.
The drug can also be applied to healthcare personnel and healthcare area workers, which includes administrators working in healthcare institutions as well as over 18 years old vaccinated abroad with the Janssen vaccine (Johnson & Johnson) who received their first booster dose five months ago.
In general, people between 18 and 49 years old who have already passed five months since the application of the first reinforcement against the coronavirus will be able to receive the second booster dose.
Vaccination center opening hours
On both days the authorized centers are:
North
-Granados Plaza Shopping Center, where they will participate from 09:00 to 15:00.
UP
– El Recreo Shopping Center, 09:00 to 15:00.
– Quicentro Sur shopping center, from 11:00 to 18:00
The Municipality of Quito said that specialists from the Ministry of Health in coordination with the Ministry of Public Health will work over the weekend “to strengthen the vaccination process in the District in order to reduce the epidemiological risk of covid-19”.
