According to version 24 of the Covid-19 Disease Surveillance Guidelines, of that portfolio, people with the complete protection scheme (two basic doses and a booster) should also not present symptoms and have at least 14 days of having received the third portion of the biological.
In addition, he continues, people who have two injections and have not yet exceeded the four months stipulated to receive the third will not have to isolate themselves.
Cases diagnosed as positive for Covid-19, either by laboratory test or by link, continue with the seven days of isolation, regardless of the status of their vaccination schedule, indicates version 24 of the Guidelines.
In this regard, the Minister of Health, Daniel Salas, pointed out that Europe and Asia are registering a resurgence of Covid-19 outbreaks, and in this line the third dose of the vaccine becomes an important reinforcement of protection against serious illness and hospitalization.
With this, he stressed, we anticipate that Costa Rica may face future increases in cases as a result of what is happening in other latitudes.
Salas insisted that Costa Rica has enough vaccines to inject those who need to complete their three-dose scheme against Covid-19, through the different vaccinations of the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS, in charge of public health here). .
From December 24, 2020, when the vaccination began, until this Monday, the technical teams of the CCSS applied 10 million 18 thousand 261 doses of the vaccine against Covid-19, of which four million 313 thousand 391 correspond to first portions ; three million 937 thousand 449 to second, and one million 767 thousand 421 to third.
In this way, Costa Rica reaches 89.9 percent of application of first doses in the Costa Rican population older than five years; 82 percent in seconds; and 36.6 percent in thirds.
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