Vaccination of patients with comorbidities without an appointment, only medical certificate – Health

The National Government issued Decree 744 of 2021 that modifies the National Plan for Vaccination against covid-19, which seeks to eliminate administrative barriers in terms of scheduling appointments and identification of the population to be vaccinated, especially patients with comorbidities.

The norm establishes that all people with the morbidities prioritized in Decree 630 of 2021 can attend the vaccination points to be vaccinated only by presenting their identity document, either citizenship card, immigration or Special Permit of Permanence, together with a medical certification showing the diagnosis of the disease or your health condition.

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Said medical certification must be formed by a doctor or licensed professional With their respective health registry, they will assume responsibility for the veracity of the report they made. This can be requested through the EPS or issued by a private doctor.

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Julian Fernández Niño, director of Epidemiology at the Ministry of Health, said that this will cover all people who have not been summoned to be vaccinated or who do not appear on the platform My Vaccine, which will allow progress with patients who suffer from the prioritized comorbidities and who have not yet started their immunization schedule.

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According to the official, this decision allows those pending persons to be covered more quickly and thus allows at the population level to reduce greater impacts in terms of mortality and incidence of severe cases of covid-19.

“This measure is complementary to the vaccination by age, for which it is only necessary to present the identity document, without the need to appear on the Mi Vacuna platform ”, he concluded.

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The comorbidities included in this standard are those defined in stage 3

1. Hypertensive diseases
2. Diabetes
3. Kidney failure
4. VIH
5. Cancer
6. Tuberculosis
7. EPOC
8. Asthma
9. Obesity Grade 1, 2 and 3 (Body Mass Index greater than 30)
10. On the waiting list for transplantation of vital organs
11. Posttransplantation of vital organs.
12. Acute ischemic heart disease
13. Heart failure
14. Cardiac arrhythmias
15. Cerebrovascular disease
16. Neurological disorders
17. Down Syndrome
18. Primary immunodeficiency
19. Schizophrenia, Schizotypal Disorder, and Delusional Disorders
20. Autism
21. Bipolar disorder
22. Intellectual disability and other mental disorders due to brain dysfunction injury or somatic disease
23. Cystic Fibrosis
24. Rheumatoid arthritis
25. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
26. Ankylosing Spondylitis
27. Vasculitis

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