It started today (21) in the city of Rio de Janeiro, the application of the second booster dose of the vaccine against covid-19 for people over 40 years of age. It is necessary to wait an interval of 4 months from the first booster to receive the fourth dose. The Ministry of Health released yesterday the application of fourth dose in this age group.
For healthcare workers, the fourth dose is now available to everyone aged 18 and over. The second booster was made available to people aged 50 and over on the day June 3rd. So far, 43.3% of the estimated target audience in the city has received the fourth dose, according to city hall panels. The third dose was administered to 69.2% of the population aged 18 and over.
The Municipal Health Department (SMS) also clarifies that people who received a single dose of Janssen in the basic vaccination schedule need to take two booster doses, if they are between 18 and 39 years old. From the age of 40, the recommendation is to receive the third booster dose, that is, the fourth dose. The interval is 2 months between the initial dose and the first booster and 4 months for subsequent boosters. Pfizer, Astrazeneca or Janssen vaccines can be used for booster.
As for the basic immunization schedule against covid-19, 21% of children aged 5 to 11 years still need to be taken to start vaccination, a total of 115,500. In all, 53% of the population of the municipality in this age group took both doses of the vaccine.
Increase in cases
In recent weeks, SMS has been registering an increase in the number of cases of the disease, as well as the State Department of Health (SES). In day June 10, the moving average of cases in the capital reached 2,904 and, this week, it is still above a thousand new records per day. in the months of seaIn December and April, the moving average was below 100 cases per day.
The positivity rate of diagnostic tests carried out in the city reached 26% this week and at the moment there are 154 people hospitalized with covid-19 in the capital.
In the state, the positivity rate reached 30%, but the request for beds for hospitalization for covid-19 remains low. The daily average is 22 for the ICU and 22 for the ward.
