The Buenos Aires government announced that the people who must leave the country and have completed their scheme with vaccines not authorized by the World Health Organization (WHO), such as Sputnik V, may receive a fourth free booster dose without appointmentas long as they have given the third four weeks before.
The modification within the Provincial Vaccination Plan will make it easier for those who the sanitary pass is not yet recognized for having received a vaccine that does not have a green light in several countries, especially in the context of the sanctions imposed on the Russian Federation in the context of the war with Ukraine.
The Buenos Aires Minister of Health, Nicolás Kreplak, explained that “this fourth dose for male and female travelers does not have a health purpose but rather Its objective is that people who travel for any reason, whether work, recreational or academic, can prove the vaccinations that they are approved by the WHO.
Which are the requirements
This fourth dose will be free, that is, no need to ask for a turn previously, and it will be applied at the request of the person and under their responsibility.
They should only bring to the vaccination center “a consent informed that they will be able to print from the Buenos Aires Vaccinate campaign page (vacunatepba.gba.gob.ar)”, he remarked and recommended that they take it to the vaccination post “preferably blank”, where they must sign it to be vaccinated.
They should also bring any documentation proving the tripsuch as an air ticket, a hotel reservation or an invitation to a Congress, for example.
Free fourth dose for immunocompromised
In an interview by FM La Patriada, the official explained that in the province immunocompromised people are also vaccinated with a fourth dose, whose primary scheme has been three doses.
The benefit reaches those who have over 50 yearshave received the Sinopharm vaccine and have a disease that lowers their defenses, are undergoing cancer treatment, have HIV or are under medication because they are immunocompromised.
In that population it will be vaccinated without prior shift after four months from the last dose received. In these cases, the purpose is health because it seeks to complete the protection to prevent serious conditions.
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