In this framework, with the arrival of the second component of Sputnik V confirmed to complete schemes and anticipating the 20 million doses of Moderna and another 20 million of Pfizer bought by the national State that will arrive in the country in 2022, Martorano dared to speak about the third dose and even to estimate a date according to the conversations that have been held with the Ministry of Health of the Nation.
With the necessary vaccines
As with the federal vaccination campaign, the first step will be to vaccinate health personnel and immunosuppressed patients with a third dose.
Martorano recalled that it was as of December 29, 2020 that the first doses of the first Sputnik V component began to be applied among doctors and health personnel who worked in the sectors with the greatest exposure to the virus and that is why he indicated that for that same date , those first vaccinated could begin to receive a third dose booster.
Another element that he considered is the arrival of more vaccines to the country and he referred to the purchases made by Pfizer and Moderna, both compatible and authorized by the Nation’s control organisms to combine with Sputnik, which were the first applied.
“Do not lower your arms
“Without patients admitted to intensive therapies throughout the province for Covid-19, this week 60 percent of the population will have complete vaccination schedules and free vaccination is launched in those over 18 because those enrolled have already been all vaccinated with the first dose Although these are all encouraging data, the minister insisted on the need to “not lower our arms” and continue to take protection measures into account.
The presence of the Delta variant is one of the elements that Martorano does not lose sight of, although he acknowledged that by the end of October it is expected to reach 70 percent of the population with the two doses placed _ which he admitted “will give greater tranquility_, and even indicated that by the end of November the entire vaccinable population will be immunized.
“We know that in the case of Covid we cannot talk about herd immunity, but we are getting closer and closer to completing the immunization. We are moving forward with adolescents from 12 to 17 years old who will receive their second dose in 28 days, the same will happen with boys from 3 to 11 years old who are being vaccinated with Sinopharm, which is a vaccine with which there are no stock problems, “he concluded.
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