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Turkey and the Dominican Republic, among the countries that administer a third dose of the coronavirus vaccine

Some countries will put a third dose of the vaccine against him coronavirus What reinforcement before him increase of the positive cases and the transmission of the variants of COVID-19. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has asked the countries of the European Union to speed up the campaign of immunization, especially in the over 60 years old, by the expansion of the Delta strain of SARS-CoV-2.

In Turkey, over 50 years and the health personnel they can already ask for a date to get this prick. The president of the country, Erdogan, received the third inoculation in early June. UK shuffle this option also for over 50 years from September.

The case of the Dominican Republic

On Dominican Republic the third dose of the coronavirus vaccine will be administered with one condition: that formula be different to the one previously received. Those who were inoculated with Sinovac will receive the vaccines of Pfizer o AstraZeneca on this third occasion.

The country’s Minister of Public Health, Daniel Rivera, has announced that the first in receiving it will be the sanitary, although so “voluntary“Subsequently, the rest of the general population, considering the age criterion for the summons and giving priority to those have comorbidities, that is, two or more diseases.

The president of the country, Luis Abinader, has stressed that there is an “international consensus” in applying this dose and that countries like Bahrain, United Arab Emirates and Qatar They are also administering this booster serum.

Just a few days ago, the Pan American Health Organization (WHO) asked the Dominican Government to don’t rush in the decision because it is currently “a priority” to continue with the immunization of a wide percentage of the population that is still pending to receive the initial doses.

To know the evolution of the pandemic and calculate the vaccination shifts, see the ‘AccountVaccines‘from Antena 3 Noticias.

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