During the Unified Command Post this Friday, the director of Promotion and Prevention of the Ministry of Health, Gerson Bermont, pointed out that The application of second boosters is authorized for those who have autoimmune diseases, transplants and are immunosuppressive.
(Invima approves use of the Zivifax anticovid vaccine).
“We are authorizing the fourth dose, (second booster dose), but only on medical recommendation”, he assured.
In that sense, the official emphasized, if the treating doctor considers, what the medical criteria determines can be started and “we should not put up access barriers.” In a third point, the official explained that heterologous vaccination is allowed to complete schemes. “Just as we have been talking about heterologous for reinforcements, heterologous vaccination is allowed, to complete schemes.”
Bermont made it clear that the application of the Janssen vaccine is also within the package of homologous and heterologous vaccination possibilities for booster application.
(Pfizer’s plan for a fourth dose against covid).
Finally, He pointed out that the Pfizer vaccines that they have in the territory today can be stored for up to nine months in deep-freezing. For up to two weeks after they come out of deep freezing at -25° to -15°. “After being thawed, 30 days for application. And after being diluted, six hours for its application”, Bermont detailed.
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