In the midst of the outbreak that the country is going through due to the increase in coronavirus cases, Carla Vizzotti He reiterated that to avoid hospitalizations and deaths it is very important to go to get vaccinated.
In this way, the Minister of Health He stressed that it is necessary to receive booster doses, as appropriate, especially the population at risk. Additionally, Carla Vizzotti confirmed that next year more vaccines will arrive in the country.
These are bivalent vaccines, which contain two different infectious agents, parts of the infectious agent or antigens that are to stimulate the immune response, which will help keep infections under control, he explained. Carla Vizzotti.
“From the Government we are working permanently with the laboratories, with amendments to the contracts and with the presentations to the ANMAT, in the evaluation of all the documentation on second generation immunization”indicated.
However, the minister clarified that the existing vaccines are safe and effective, for which reason she stressed that it is not necessary to wait for the new biological to circulate in the country to be immunized.
“The goal is to use all the vaccines we have in stock and then, as they come in, start giving the others,” he explained, while adding that “the recommendation of all international organizations and the authorities in Argentina is to give what as soon as possible the vaccine becomes available.
About booster doses the president expressed: “All people who have spent more than 120 days since the last dose, regardless of the number of doses or the number of reinforcements, have to give themselves a dose to be able to stimulate the defenses and work in that sense so that, knowing that cases there will continue to be, that does not translate into hospitalizations and deaths, especially those who are most at risk.
How cases and vaccination progress
According to the latest epidemiological report from the Ministry of Health, as of December 18, 62,261 new cases of coronavirus were reported, while 30 more deaths were recorded. In total, the country has 9,829,236 cases and 130,080 deaths since the start of the pandemic.
Meanwhile, so far 41,073,615 people have been vaccinated, of these, 37,930,857 have two doses, 3,162,432 additional doses and 29,876,049 booster doses. The total number of doses applied amounts to 112,042,953.
