He Advisory Committee on Vaccines and Immunization Strategies (Cavei) recommended to Ministry of Health incorporate minors between 6 months to 2 years and 11 months with 29 days, as target population for covid-19 vaccinationpreferably with messenger RNA products.
Because of this, this Thursdayhe dna citizen talked with him National Secretary General of the Medical College (Colmed), Jose Miguel Bernucciwho explained the reason for this suggestion by Cavei.
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“What we have learned during these two and a half years is that indeed science and knowledge is changing. We know that for the covid the main risk factor is age, those over 60 years of age have been extended to even 50 years, and although there is little complication at the level of young children, the viral circulation is quite important”, he began by saying internist.
In this line, the Master in Public Health indicated that before the return of boys and girls to kindergartens and schools, “apparently the vaccine could decrease viral circulation.
High viral circulation
Taking advantage of this point, Dr. Bernucci referred to the high presence of respiratory viruses in educational establishments during the class period. “By not having social distancing, by sharing closed spaces, with little ventilation, there is a greater risk factor for infections ”, the doctor explained.
“And that happened to us last winter, where the covid was not the main problem, but we had a high presence of the virus in children under five years of age sincicial, where practically in two or three weeks we had quite a few complications and the offer of hospitalizations for the children was quite limited during their time”.
Added to the factors described above, the general secretary of Colmed added that another element of risk is the little contact that the children had with the virus.
“The two years of confinement had us with very little exposure to viruses, which meant that especially the smallest did not have defenses.. And last year, when we opened everything with a bang, that generated some very important peaks”, added the doctor.
recommendations
In this line, the internist gave recommendations to fathers, mothers and caregivers of children with a view to the arrival of autumn and winter.
“The first thing is that we always have to try to take advantage of natural ventilation, In other words, if we can maintain windows, doors, let’s say double circulation, hopefully we can do it and we have to practice that at home, in the office we have, in schools”, Bernucii stated.
“The second thing is that if someone has independent respiratory symptoms that they believe or not that it is covid, precautions must be taken and in that sense, if we can avoid going to closed places, avoid going to the office, or avoid sending the children to school, we must do it”, he added.
Finally, the doctor said that Just as we practically only use a mask in health centers, effectively, if one has respiratory symptoms, use a mask, especially if you are sharing with another person or on public transport”.
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