Castilla-La Mancha will administer the third dose of the Covid-19 vaccine in nursing homes

The President of Castilla-La Mancha, Emiliano García-Page, has announced in a public act in the town of Illescas (Toledo), that the residents in senior centers of the community will begin to receive the third dose of the covid vaccine within three weeks.

There, he also celebrated that the Interterritorial Council of the National Health System (CISNS) has approved at your meeting of this Wednesday a premise that he raised a few days ago: “Yesterday the Government of Spain responded to the request of Castilla-La Mancha, a request for common sense “.

Approved the third dose of the covid vaccine in elderly people in residences

On the morning of this Thursday, the Public Health Commission has approved the administration of the third dose of the Covid-19 vaccine in elderly people in nursing homes, who will be able to receive it immediately.

In addition, it has also been approved the expansion of the third dose of the coronavirus vaccine in Group 7: groups with low immunity such as patients on hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis, undergoing treatment for cancer, over 40 years with Down syndrome, patients with oncohematological disease, solid organ cancer undergoing chemotherapy or lung cancer in chemotherapy or immunotherapy treatment.

This Public Health decision will be taken to the Interterritorial Council next Wednesday, that will give the final approval.

Experts see no scientific evidence for a third dose

On the other hand, the president of the National Association of Nursing and Vaccines (ANENVAC), Jose Antonio Forcada, point out that “there is no scientific evidence” of the benefits it can bring a third dose of covid vaccine in residents of nursing homes.

Forcada states that it would be more important to put efforts in that people who still they do not have the Covid-19 vaccine: “That should be the objective, especially when in the age groups of 20 to 50 years there is a relevant percentage of people who don’t have a single dose. “

At AccountVaccines from Antena 3 Noticias you can see how the vaccination rate is progressing in Spain and in the rest of the world.

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