The measure is valid from this Thursday; units in the capital São Paulo immunize people over 50 and other priority groups
Persons over the age of 18 in the city of St. Paul will be able to subscribe to the xepa list starting this Thursday, 27, to receive the remaining dose of bivalent vaccine against COVID-19. The information was announced by the capital’s town hall on Wednesday.
Entries must be made at the UBS closest to the residence of the residents and the application will be presented only if there are still residual doses at the end of post office hours.
Last Monday, the The Ministry of Health has expanded the vaccination against covid-19 with the bivalent dose for the entire population over 18 years old. Regional planning for extending vaccine coverage was the responsibility of municipalities, depending on the amount of vaccine available and the size of the eligible population in each city.
In the capital São Paulo, protection is offered to people aged 50 and over and other priority groups (see list below). According to the Municipal Secretariat of Health (SMS), São Paulo received 161,000 immunizer doses last Tuesday, but the number is insufficient to serve all those who can be vaccinated.
According to the town hall, 1,119,377 doses of bivalent vaccine have been applied in the capital up to this Wednesday and the opening for new age groups will take place on the basis of the receipt of new batches of vaccine.
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.
In a statement, the municipal health secretary, Luiz Carlos Zamarco, said that the distribution of the remaining immunizers avoids the risk of wasting vaccines. “It provides proper targeting of remaining doses,” he said.
Find out who can be vaccinated with the bivalent vaccine in São Paulo
- Persons over the age of 50,
- Persons over 12 years of age with immunosuppression or comorbidities
- indigenous
- Pregnant women and postpartum women
- Residents and workers of long-stay institutions in the city of São Paulo
- Health experts
- Persons with permanent physical disabilities
- Population deprived of liberty and employees of the penitentiary system
- Street population
Source: Terra
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