TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS.- Through a statement, the Health Secretary reported that the age range for the application of the second reinforcement of the covid-19 vaccine, that is, the fourth dose, will be extended from this date.
In the document, the state entity mentioned that since June an increase in coronavirus cases has been reported in the country as a result of “the mobilization of people participating in massive events such as fairs, concerts, soccer games, and other crowded events.” .
Likewise, he indicated that it is due to the fact that there are still unvaccinated people and the relaxation of the population by not complying with biosecurity measures, which has led to the rapid spread of the virus.
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For this reason, the fourth dose will be applied to adults between 40 and 49 years old and essential workers: teachers, security forces (police and military), journalists, cameramen, photographers.
It will also apply to customer service personnel at banks, supermarkets, restaurants, hotels. Similarly to pregnant women with more than 4 months of gestation after having applied the first booster.
Health assured that it continues to apply the fourth dose to health workers, relief bodies, the population over 50 years of age and the immunocompromised. Also to the migrant population aged 12 and over.
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figures
In the statement, Health stated that until July 11, only 544,909 children from 5 to 11 years old are pending application of the first dose, 246,022 of the second dose.
In the population over 12 years of age, there are 1,388,410 Hondurans who are targeted for vaccination since they do not have any doses. At least 847,149 thousand are pending the second and 1,576,536 are pending the first reinforcement and 782,606 the second reinforcement.
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deaths from covid
The most recent numbers from the Ministry of Health show that people’s underlying conditions are strongly associated with coronavirus deaths in Honduras.
From epidemiological week 1 (January) to 27 of 2022 (July 15), 297 individuals with comorbidities died from covid-19.
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Of the almost 300 deaths, 41% (122 deaths), according to the EL HERALDO Plus Data Unit, were patients with high blood pressure.
The disease that is in second place is diabetes, with 76 people dead, representing 26%.
Individuals with kidney disease are the third with 40 deaths, which represent 13% of the total.
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