The Ministry of Health authorized the administration of the third dose against COVID-19 in the population of boys and girls from 5 to 11 years old, made up of a target population of 4,201,842 minors. To reinforce the protection of minors against the virus, the laboratory pediatric vaccine will be used Pfizer five months after applying the second dose.
“We have already authorized the third dose for our population from 5 to 11 years old. After five months of receiving the second, they can go to receive the third dose. For this reason, I urge parents to take their minor children to comply and have all your vaccines,” announced this Tuesday the Health MinisterJorge Lopez Pena.
To date, the country has administered a total of 5,322,727 doses, reaching 70.4% of vaccination coverage in first doses with 2,958,167 vaccines applied, and 56.3% with 2,364,560 second inoculated doses. Since the vaccines lose their effectiveness over the course of months, the Minsa decided to apply a third dose to this age group and urges parents across the country to complete the immunization schedule for their children.
Similarly, the fourth dose of the vaccine is being applied in adolescents with immunosuppression between 12 and 17 years of age after five months after applying the third dose. Meanwhile, those cancer patients older than 5 years already receive the fourth dose as indicated by the current vaccination protocol.
All of them can go to the vaccination centers or health establishments accompanied by their parents, a proxy or relative over 18 years of age. Upon entering the vaccination site, the ID of the child and the accompanying adult must be shown, who will also be the one to sign the informed consent form.
In the case of children over 5 years of age who are at home and cannot travel to a vaccination center, they will receive a visit from a health brigade as part of the house-to-house vaccination sweep strategy.
Fourth dose for older adults
In the population over 60 years of age, the interval between vaccination with the fourth dose has been reduced from five to four months after receiving the third dose of the vaccine against COVID-19, since it is the population most affected by the virus. The type of vaccine to be administered could be Pfizer o Modernas indicated in the protocol for the application of third and fourth doses of vaccination.
The Sometimes He also reported that this Monday, the country managed to apply 80,151,620 doses of the coronavirus vaccine. Similarly, to date, 850,000 doses of the seasonal influenza vaccine have been applied to the population of adults over 60 years of age.
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The legislator said that there were economic interests behind the project approved by insistence in the plenary session of Parliament. On the other hand, legislator Alex Paredes, from the ruling Magisterial Block, justified his group’s support for the project’s insistence despite the fact that the government observed the law.