The Ministry of Health, announced that children ages 3 to 11 They may be vaccinated against covid-19, without scheduling, at any national vaccination point.
There will be 7,100,000 children in this age range who will be able to be vaccinated with the Sinovac pharmaceutical company, which will be two doses spaced 28 days apart.
Advocacy and Prevention Director Gerson Bermont, He affirmed that from this morning the distribution of the vaccines to the different regions began, with the purpose of being ready for vaccination in this population as of this October 31.
“We have instructed all the health secretaries, to prepare all the equipment and guarantee all the availability of vaccines to offer all the guarantees so that minors from 3 to 11 years of age begin to be vaccinated, “he said.
He pointed out that with this vaccination, the schedules will be completed in families, where children and adults are already vaccinated.
“With this vaccination we complete the family bubble with which we guarantee that children, youth and adults are already protected and covered by this disease that has caused us so much pain and death,” he said.
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He stressed that important steps are also being taken for the total economic reactivation in the country, that Christmas and New Year’s Eve parties are enjoyed indoors.
For its part, the health minister, Fernando Ruiz, highlighted the effectiveness of the Sinovac vaccine in minors.
“The Sinovac Vaccine it has proven to be safe because it offers very important chances of protection and reduction of the eventualities of hospitalization and complexities for the population, “he said.
Minister Ruiz said that in addition the safe return to classrooms and the economic reactivation of the country will be guaranteed.
“With this vaccination, the children will be able to return to the educational presence, while the parents will return to their work activities with all the peace of mind,” he said.
The official called on local authorities to encourage massive vaccination campaigns in the child population.
“We invite all territorial health entities, mayors and governors to promote massive vaccination campaigns, where we link children,” he said.
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He expressed that this same task must be carried out EPS and IPS in order to quickly achieve a vaccination of minors.
“We are asking the entire EPS health system to advance in generating sufficient vaccination posts to care for children and to search for minors who are pending vaccination in the country,” he said.
Ruiz confessed that it will be a process that It will take a while but this task must be carried out to achieve the best protection for minors.
