Hours after the first case of the Omicron variant in Argentina, the Federal Health Council (COFESA) resolved advance the application of the booster doses one month of the vaccine against coronavirus. In addition, they anticipated details of the national health pass.
The Ministers of Health met this Monday with Carla Vizzotti, leader of that portfolio at the national level. As usual, they analyzed the epidemiological situation and decided to accelerate the immunization plan against covid.
In this sense, COFESA agreed to apply the booster dose from the fifth or sixth month after you have completed the outline of vaccination with the second o third dose, as appropriate, and according to the plans of each jurisdiction.
“In the last week, vaccination increased, which means that the consensus reached in COFESA and the actions implemented in the provinces had a positive impact,” said Vizzotti. And asked “keep starting and completing vaccination schedules in children, adolescents, young adults and applying reinforcements ”, while stressing the need to“ work very hard ”in early case detection and contact tracing.
Carla Vizzotti advanced details of the national health pass. Photo Federico Lopez Claro
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The national official also spoke about the first case of the Omicron variant in Argentina. As ministerial sources spread on Sunday night, it is a 38-year-old traveler who returned to Argentina from South Africa, via the United States, on November 30. After two tests were negative, he moved to saint Louis -where you reside- in a rental car with a driver.
However, once in his province, he became aware of contagions among the people he frequented in South Africa, so it underwent further tests. That time the results were positive.
Vizzotti explained that all narrow contacts are insulated and that both they and the infected person remain asymptomatic.
“Although in Africa this variant occupies 81% of COVID-19 cases, in the rest of the world for now only occupies 1% of the circulation variants“, said the Minister of Health about the new variant.” There is still time to know its impact on hospitalizations and mortality, “he added.
Faced with the alert, COFESA resolved continue with mandatory isolation of 14 days for all those people who enter Argentina having been in Africa in the previous two weeks. And he redoubled the recommendation to carry out PCR tests on travelers three or five days after their arrival in the country.
Health pass details
With some advanced jurisdictions and with the specific ad of its implementation in the Buenos Aires province, the Council provided some details of the national health pass.
The health pass will be required at events of more than 1,000 people outdoors. Photo Emmanuel Fernández
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Permission will be requested to attend Massive events from more than 1,000 people in open spaces and for events of less than 1,000 people in lclosed places, such as dance halls and boliches. It will also apply to group trips.
Those who have 13 or more years old. It was agreed that the measure enters into force 20 days later that the administrative decision is published in the Official bulletin.
In that way, they observed, they will be given time to vaccinate all people who have not yet applied anti-Covid preparations.
Beyond the general guidelines, the provinces will have the power to adapt and expand the application of the health pass according to their particular situations.
One of the jurisdictions that he already did it, it was Buenos Aires. This Monday, Axel Kicillof announced that the pass will also reach those people who have to do face-to-face procedures and employees who serve the public. Tucumán and Salta They had announced similar measures a few days ago.
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