Portfolio decision announced this Monday and will reach 97 million people who will now be able to receive immunization
OR Ministry of Health has decided to expand this Monday 24, the application of bivalent booster doses Against the COVID-19 for all persons over the age of 18 who have already completed the primary vaccination schedule with two monovalent doses.
With the decision of the file, 97 million people will be able to receive the immunizer. So far, 10 million have already received protection, which is part of the National Vaccination Movement.
“Science is back and we must regain the population’s trust in vaccines, it is a mission for all of us,” Health Minister Nísia Trindade said in a statement. Ethel Maciel, secretary of the Health and Environmental Surveillance Secretariat (SVSA), reiterated the importance of vaccination: “It is essential to prevent the appearance of complications deriving from the disease”.
According to experts, the bivalent vaccine is the most efficient among those available because it induces the production of antibodies against the original strain of the SarsCov-2 virus and also against the new variants that emerged during the pandemic and are now prevalent.
Until the expansion, the bivalent vaccine was authorized only for priority groups, such as the elderly over 60 years of age, immunocompromised people or people with permanent disabilities from 12 years of age, indigenous peoples, river communities and quilombolas, pregnant and new mothers, and health professionals. .
Now, those who have already taken doses of monovalent vaccines (Coronavirus, Astrazeneca or Pfizer) as a primary scheme or as a booster dose can now take the bivalent dose, at least four months ago. Those who have not yet completed the vaccination cycle, and are late with a booster dose, should seek out the health units, according to the Ministry of Health.
Source: Terra
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