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Regular vaccination schedule is not a requirement for immunization of children

The Ministry of Public Health (MSP) clarified on the night of this Friday, November 12, 2021 that compliance with the regular scheme from vaccines It is not requirement or condition for kids and girls older than five years access the biological against covid-19.

Through a statement released by the Communication Secretariat of the Presidency, the Health Portfolio reiterated to the population that vaccine application against him coronavirus should not be conditional on compliance with the regular scheme from vaccination on minors.

In addition, he pointed out that the presentation of the vaccination card of the regular scheme in no clinic or point of vaccination, for the immunization against him covid-19; except to verify the interval time between the application of the vaccine regular and covid-19 vaccine or viceversa.

On October 18, the Minister of Health, Ximena Garzón, informed the media that one of the requirements that children of 5 years and 5 years, 11 months and 29 days must meet to access the covid vaccination -19 is to have your regular scheme of immunization full. That is, to have all the formulas and their reinforcements against diseases such as diphtheria, mumps, tetanus, poliomyelitis, among others.

That day the immunization against the coronavirus of children from 6 to 11 years old, who only had to carry their identity card and the consent or authorization of their parents.

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