The capital São Paulo begins the campaign with the immunization of people over 70; Pfizer’s vaccine also protects against subvariants of the Omicron strain of the virus
The capital São Paulo begins to apply the vaccine bivalent pfizer Against the COVID-19 in the elderly, over 70, this Monday 27. The vaccine also protects against subvariants of the strain omicron of the virus. Persons over 12 years of age with immunosuppression, indigenous people, residents of long-term care institutions and employees of such institutions may also be vaccinated.
According to the city of São Paulo, people belonging to priority groups who have completed the basic vaccination program or who have already received one or two booster doses will be vaccinated. The four month interval from the most recent dose must be respected to receive the bivalent dose.
On Thursday 23, the municipality received a total of 542,652 immunization doses for this new phase of the national immunization campaign. Vaccination against covid-19 takes place in the UBS and in the UBS Healthcare Ambulatory (AMA)/UBS Integrated, from Monday to Friday, from 7:00 to 19:00, and on Saturday, in the AMA/UBS Integrated, also from 7 :00 to 19:00.
If there are residual doses of bivalent vaccine near the end of daily activities in health units, elderly people over 60 can take the immuniser, provided they are residents of the UBS region. Proof of address is required for pre-registration.
After completing the immunization of the first priority group, the elderly aged 60-69 years should be vaccinated. The third group will be the pregnant and postpartum women (who have just had a child) and then the health workers will receive the bivalent vaccine. Omicron is considered a more contagious variant of the coronavirus.
The most recent data on immunization indicates that the municipal management has applied 37,401,959 doses of vaccine against covid-19. Among adults, vaccination coverage is 110.9% for the first dose, 107.9% for the second dose (the rate can be higher than 100% with the application of the vaccine to people who do not live in cities), of 86.5% for the first booster dose and 50.8% for the second booster dose.
Among adolescents aged 12 to 17, vaccination coverage is 117.2% for the first dose, 108.4% for the second and 60% for the first booster dose. In children aged 5 to 11, vaccination coverage is 100.5% for the first dose, 84.4% for the second and 4.1% for the booster dose.
In 3- and 4-year-old children, vaccination coverage is 62.2% for the first dose and 32.5% for the second. In children aged between 6 months and 2 years, 11 months and 29 days, vaccination coverage is 17.4% for the first dose and 4.3% for the second.
Source: Terra
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