The Minister of Public Health, Daniel Salinasstated that administering the coronavirus vaccine will become a common practice, how to get a dose of the flu. “We will have to give ourselves one of the flu and one of coronavirus as a routine, not as a novelty,” said the hierarch when asked about the pandemic this Thursday at a press conference.
In addition, he anticipated that The Uruguayan government will review the pandemic measures.
For the hierarch, in the first half of April 2022, the omicron wave will decrease. There, it will be the time when the government will review current measures, mainly those related to closed environments, education and the conditions of entry into the country, the head of state told the press.
“Surely that will be on the table, to be considered,” he added.
In another order, he said that the vaccination plan with third and fourth doses and the response of the population has been good.
He appreciated that “by virtue of high vaccination” the wave of omicron from covid “it allowed to cushion the impact” regarding the level of hospitalizations and deaths. “We had a large number of cases but the repercussions were much milder than in the first wave,” he said.
On the other hand, he reported that Pfizer received final approval in the United States, the implication of which is that it is no longer an emergency use vaccine and becomes a regular plan. The government rules out that, before this step, the anticovid dose becomes mandatory in Uruguay.
