This Monday, the second stage of vaccination against Covid-19 this year began. The authority reported that the campaign led by the Ministry of Health with the vaccine is being expanded Bivalent against him SARS-COV-2.
According to the figures of Department of Health Statistics and Information (DEIS), more than three months after the incorporation of this vaccine in the country, coverage has reached only one 27% of the target populationFor this reason, the decision was made to expand priority groups and thus ensure greater coverage in the country.
The Minsal authorities announced new priority groups for vaccination against in Covid-19.
On this, the Minister of Health, Ximena Aguilera, pointed out that “according to the epidemiological analysis we have done, we have decided that we are going to expand the groups to be vaccinated with this Bivalent vaccine to other risk groups.”
The new vaccination groups are:
- People with severe and profound disabilities, registered in the national disability registry.
- Caregivers of dependent patients, according to the Preferential Law.
- Population in closed centers of Sename.
- Officials in critical tasks of the State.
In addition, another of the priority groups of the second stage are:
- Essential personnel for direct attention to citizens and basic service functions.
- Police, Armed Forces and Senapred (former Onemi), Conaf and Firefighters.
- Kindergarten educators and people who perform functions in the nursery and kindergartens.
- Teachers and directors of preschool, basic and secondary education.
- Gendarmerie personnel and persons deprived of liberty.
- Personnel of transport companies: land, air and sea.
🔸💉 From Monday, January 16, all people aged 50 or over will be able to be inoculated with the Bivalent vaccine against #COVID_19.
➡️Meet the second stage priority groups below. during the pandemic #We continue to take care of ourselves.#YoMeVacuno #GetVaccinatedTodayWithBivalent pic.twitter.com/ZoxXy3rEe1
– Ministry of Health (@ministeriosalud) January 12, 2023
Check the vaccination places here.
