Government makes new adjustments to the vaccination plan against Covid-19

Between August 2 and 31, 2021, the Ministry of Health reported that it will apply the second doses of the Pfizer and Sinovac vaccines.

The Ministry of Health (MSP) reported, on July 25, 2021, a “New strategy to accelerate the 9-100 vaccination plan in all the country. The dynamics will complete the coverage of immunization in second doses and lagging groups ”.

In a press release, the MSP announced that between August 2 and 31, 2021 it will inject the second doses of Pfizer and Sinovac vaccines.

This will be done “in compliance with the 28-day interval established by the technical guideline for these biologicals, which were applied during the massive campaign as of July 5, 2021.”

And he anticipated that in this period, first doses will not be vaccinated.

The objective, said the entity, is that the majority of the population have the full doses and can enhance your immune response in the presence of the variants of concern.

Although he maintained that “in necessary cases, vaccination with first doses will be carried out only in hot areas with high transmission and in epidemiological fences to avoid the transmission of new variants.”

Lagging population

Between July 26 and August 8, 2021, in addition to the last age groups designated in the state plan, the population lagging behind from previous phases.

It is about those people who for some reason they did not agree to the vaccine on the scheduled date, according to the official schedule.

And this segment of the population must attend the vaccination center that was assigned to them in the link lugarvacunacion.cne.gob.ec, any day of the week.

On the other hand, the Ministry of Health informed that it will continue to apply the second dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine, as long as the interval of 84 days after the first dose is met.

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