From this weekend the covid-19 vaccines They are enabled for adolescents of 14 years and older. Several families took advantage of the Sunday to go to the vaccination center autódromo Rubén Dumot, ex-Aratirí, to receive the first, second and third doses. There the Saturday they were immunized 1,174 people, of which 800 were under 18 years of age, that is, 70% of those vaccinated, indicated the in charge of the Expanded Program on Immunizations (EPI) of the site, Guillermo Alamanni.
Yesterday, by 11:00 at the racetrack they had immunized 450 people, 50% minors, with a average of little more than 100 vaccinated per hourAlamanni noted.
Other positions enabled yesterday, such as that of the Lambaré cooperative o la San Lorenzo cooperativeThey received people of all ages, but in much smaller numbers. At the San Lorenzo post at noon, the number of vaccinated reached 30.
According to the PAI reported yesterday, with the release of anticovid vaccines to boys aged 14 and over, at the end of Saturday it was reached 111,047 immunized adolescents. Specifically that day, 6,658 14-year-old adolescents received the first dose of Pfizer; 7,111 of 15 years and 1,791 of 16 and 17 years.
YesterdayMeanwhile, at the 18:00 cutoff they had been vaccinated 830 teens, 699 of them 14 and 15 years old, thus adding 11,877 boys who have already received a dose anticovid.
The PAI also reported that until yesterday, 3.054.163 people have already applied the first dose. Of that total, they are 2.451.874 which they completed their outline immunization and 37.269 who received the booster shot. The 56% of the target population of Public Health, which is 5,600,000, did not complete your schema yet vaccination.
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Following the MYP calendar, this week follow the vaccination of boys from 14 to 17 years old. They must go with an adult and bring an identity card and birth certificate or family card, and court order in the case of guardians. If one of the documents is missing, adults may sign an affidavit in the vaccination center. Although most vaccinations are open from 07:00 to 17:00, the ex-Aratiri works until 23:00.
Regardless of the identification number and in any position, the first dose for people over 18 years of age; second dose the term of each platform has expired; and third dose after six months of the second, except in the case of the Janssen, whose reinforcement is carried out after three months.
Some 100,000 Sputnik expire in December
Little more than 100,000 doses of Sputnik V would be expiring in December, which worries the health authorities, according to the Director of the Expanded Immunization Program (PAI), Dr. Héctor Castro.
The professional pointed out that there are people who received the first component, but do not want to apply the second component.
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“We have some cases of people who have to travel, for example, for health reasons or study trips, and presented a note that refuse to receive the component II. We are in a dilemma. A person cannot be allowed to be alone with one dose, so we do the assessment with the technical team for interchangeability. That component II (surplus) remains but with the backing that it could not be used, ”said Castro.
74% of those hospitalized for covid are not vaccinated
The 74% of people admitted currently due to covid-19 in our country, did not receive not a single vaccine against the disease, according to the latest report from the General Directorate of Health Surveillance.
The report indicates that in the last two weeks, of 99 interned throughout the country, 74% had not been vaccinated against covid-19, while the 17% Yes, he had completed his immunization schedule, that is, had received both doses, but he had an underlying disease.
The remaining 9% of the internees had a partial vaccination, that is, he had received the first dose and, in some cases, also the second dose, but it had not been 14 days after that.
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Alto Paraná is the department where there is, according to the Health Surveillance report, the greater number of internees due to covid today. They are followed by Caaguazú, Itapúa, Central and Guairá. In all cases, the majority were unvaccinated inmates.
The Health Surveillance report also indicates that from October 18 to November 1, the total of hospitalized increased in the country by 100%, while in intensive care units the increase was 75%.
The Covid-19 infections continue to rise. In Concepción, the increase is 200%; in Itapúa, 159%; in Caaguazú, 113%; in Canindeyú and Alto Paraná it is 80%, in Central it is 56% and in Asunción it is 21%.
Of the confirmed cases in the last eight weeks, 54% were not vaccinated; 33% had completed their vaccination schedule; and 13% missed receiving the second dose.
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