The head of the Expanded Immunization Program, Héctor Castro, through a press conference confirmed that tomorrow, November 24, vaccinations will be enabled from 07.00 to noon for the application of vaccines against Covid-19 in its first, second and third doses. He also explained that the days December 26 and 27 the vaccinations will remain closed.
The vaccination posts will once again offer the vaccine inoculation service from Monday, December 27. People can approach any vaccination with its corresponding notebook.
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The teens 12 to 17 years can receive vaccines Pfizer and Moderna, for your first and second doses. They must present an affidavit to the vaccination post in order to be immunized.
However, for people of legal age all vaccines are available in all their doses regardless of the termination of the identity card. He recalled that the person can choose which vaccine he wants to apply.
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On the other hand, pregnant, from their 12 weeks of gestation, they can be vaccinated with Pfizer and Moderna, Sinopharm or Coronavac.
The interval between vaccines continues
Dr. Castro reported that the interval between the first and second dose continues for the Pfizer in three weeks and, in the rest, in four weeks.
On the other hand, to receive the third dose, the Ministry of Health remembers that it is applied with an interval of four months. People can get vaccines Pfizer, Modern or Astrazeneca according to availability in the vaccination center.
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The departments with the least vaccination
Dr. Castro reported that the departments of Canindeyú, San Pedro, Caaguazú and Presidente Hayes are the areas that report a vaccination below the 50% of the population. He explained that in the Alto Paraná department he speaks of an important progress in immunization.
On the other hand, the Alto Paraguay, Central, Cordillera and Itapúa regions are the areas with the most coverage.
