Cases of coronavirus increase months after the relaxation of measures in the world and after almost a year since the beginning of the vaccination campaign. The measures are focused on getting almost the entire population vaccinated to reduce cases, with Christmas just around the corner.
These measures also await authorization to administer the vaccine to children between 5 and 11 years old. The Dr. Cesar Carballo, an emergency doctor at the Ramón y Cajal Hospital, speaks on Antena 3 Noticias about this option.
“We should take note”, explains Carballo about the measures that Portugal has taken such as mandatory teleworking or the presence of PCR when catching a flight. Portugal meets a vaccination rate higher than that of Spain.
“Vaccination is saving us from having serious cases, but it goes up little by little“He explains about the situation they live in hospitals. Covid-19 cases are increasing in the country and the possible increase in hospitalizations is worrying.
Vaccine for children
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) supports the use of the Pfizer vaccine in children 5 to 11 years of age. The vaccine will be available to the Ministry of Health from the second half of December, when the company begins to distribute it in the European Union (EU).
César Carballo believes that you have to be cautious, although children “with risk factors benefit” from the vaccine. For the rest, “I would expect” more data because the vaccine is safe, but “our country should not travel”.
“If they don’t have risk factors, I wouldn’t take them, I would wait because the disease has shown what’s wrong with it risk in the children with risk factors“He explains. Carballo affirms that there are other types of measures for children to stop contagion, such as carrying out antigen tests in schools.
Group immunity
Regarding group immunity, Dr. Carballo says that “delta has changed the game board“, although Spain has a “enviable situation”. However, he believes that more measures must be taken to have a “more benign” sixth wave.
Spain started the vaccination campaign almost a year ago. Since then it is registered almost 80% of the population in the country with the complete schedule of the vaccine.
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