The fourth dose of the covid vaccine (second booster) is about to fall, but there is still no date for its implementation. If we receive a message or a phone call saying otherwise or requesting our personal data, we must be suspicious, because it is a scam.
It is the warning of the Department of Health, which on its official Twitter account has warned of a new telephone scam. The Catalan health authorities recall that personal data is never requested by phone, in addition to the fact that the new booster dose has not begun to be inoculated in the community.
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Other scams with the covid vaccine
It is not the only deception that circulates these days on phones across the country. The Valencian Association of Consumers and Users (Avacu) has already warned of a new fraud attempt through emails allegedly sent from the Ministry of Health reporting a false extra dose of vaccine against covid.
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The thieves used an email, with the following subject: “We have an urgent announcement about the extra dose of vaccine!”. To receive the puncture, you had to click on the link and follow the necessary instructions.
A health worker prepares several doses of the covid vaccine
Nor should you pay attention to these types of messages. From Avacu, they remember that when emails of this type are received, supposedly sent from banks, courier companies, the Post Office or the Treasury, you have to look at who you send them to and what name or domain they usually include. We must be wary if we see misspellings or direct questions to the user.
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Fourth dose of vaccine in Spain
On July 11, the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) updated their recommendations on second booster doses of covid mRNA vaccines.
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European authorities asked countries to inoculate the fourth dose (second booster) to people between 60 and 79 years old and people with medical conditions that put them in danger. That is, at risk of serious diseases. The deadlines proposed by the EMA and the ECDC: be administered at least six months after the last booster.
A woman receives the third dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, at the WiZink Center
The Ministry of Health has not yet confirmed a date to start inoculating the second booster dose. Minister Carolina Darias believes that a good time would be mid-September, although she has asked for caution. In statements to RAC1the person in charge has recalled that the decision depends on the Public Health Commission, where all the autonomies and the ministry are represented.
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