The vaccination model against coronavirus It needs a “reflection, because we cannot all be vaccinated every six months.” This has been stated by the director general of Public health of the Government of Aragon, Francisco Javier Falo, who has recognized that this Continuous reinforcement “does little to control the pandemic”.
Falo has shown that vaccination it has been very effective in combating the serious effects of covid-19, but that “effectiveness is limited in time”, He has said regarding the approval of the national government to the fourth dose for immunosuppressed people, five months after receiving the third.
The general director of Public Health has indicated that the idea is that «everyone who has done it is vaccinated», because we must encourage people to protect themselves, but “we will have to see to what extent we have to revaccinate ourselves”, he pointed out, later stating that a model will have to be studied, which could be oriented towards “risk groups” and that from time to time, a dose is administered, similar to the “influenza model”, which is recommended for the elderly, institutional and other risk groups.
2,200 health contracts remain active
Some 1,200 toilets are on leave in Aragon, according to the Minister of Health Sira Repollés, who has indicated that 8,553 temporary and replacement contracts have been activated throughout the community, 2,200 of them specific for covid assistance. A situation that has also led to an appeal to retired professionals, which has meant sixteen contracts for doctors and 14 for nurses, who are distributed in the different health centers according to their professional profile, their preferences and the needs of the system.
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As for the booster dose that the Government has already recommended for people between 18 and 40 years old, he pointed out that this next week the cohorts between 45 and 40 years old will open and “it will go down fast because, unfortunately, it is slowing down” the appointments for that third puncture as age goes down. For this reason, he advanced, that in the next month or month and a half it will be possible to offer that booster dose to all those over 18 years of age.
As of Thursday, nearly 2.6 million doses had been administered. One million people already have the complete guideline (85.5%) and 90% have started the guideline. In addition, 452,201 people have received the booster dose, 89% of whom are over 70 years of age; 81.6 of those between 60 and 69 years old and 38.3 of those between 50 and 59 years old. 40,050 children between 5 and 11 years of age (44% of the target population) have started their immunization.
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