(CRHoy.com) .- All people interested in receiving their first dose, completing their vaccination schedule or requiring the third dose may attend the mobile vaccination in the parking lot of the headquarters of the Universidad Hispanoamericana in Heredia
This will be available this December 16 and 17 and the “vaccinate” will be located 300 meters north of Plaza Bratsi.
According to Priscilla Víquez Jaikel, medical director of the Health Area of the Costa Rican Social Security Fund in Cubujuquí de Heredia It will be attended from 8:00 am to 3 pm
The goal is to be able to vaccinate people from anywhere in the country. All attendees must bring their identity or identification card and the vaccination card. In the case of minors, they must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
It is important to note that for people 18 to 57 years old who are going to receive their first dose, health officials will administer the dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine.
For the first dose in older adults and children from 12 to 17 years old, they will be immunized with the vaccine from the pharmaceutical house Pfizer. Also, pregnant women who have not started the scheme and who have been in office for more than twelve weeks.
In patients who must receive the second dose to complete their vaccination schedule. Víquez clarified that they will have available vaccines from the pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and AstraZeneca “according to the date indicated on the vaccination card and with the same vaccine that was vaccinated the first time”
For the third dose or the booster in older adults, the Pfizer vaccine will be given. The only requirements are: be older than 65 years and have more than 6 months of having received the second dose.
The authorities of the Universidad Hispanoamericana urge all people to get vaccinated against COVID-19 not only for their safety, but also to protect their families.
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