In Ecuador, adolescents aged 12 to 17 years, 11 months and 29 days can receive the third booster against COVID-19.
The requirement is that there completed six months of applied the second dose of the vaccine.
The age group comprising adolescents from 12 to 17 years11 months and 29 days, you will receive the third booster against COVID-19 from the pharmacist Pfizer-BioNtech, at any immunization point across the country.
Informed consent
The target population of adolescents in the aforementioned age range is 2 millions, according to the ‘Vacunometer’ of the Ministry of Public Health (MSP), a digital tool where data on the pandemic in Ecuador is displayed.
Guayas, Pichincha, Los Rios and Manabi They are the provinces with the largest population.
To comply with the process, the informed consent It is a prerequisite that must be delivered by the parents or legal representatives.
other ages
In the guidelines of the Ministry of Health, it is also explained that the placement of the reinforcement is maintained at those over 18, with five months elapsed since the second vaccination.
They will apply AstraZeneca or Pfizer, according to availability. to those who received tiresome will be administered same biological.
What if I had covid?
In the case of having had COVID-19, reinforcement can be applied once the isolation period has ended and no symptoms such as fever or breathing problems.
Additionally, it is explained that people with a medical contraindication should not receive the same type of vaccine and can access another biological.
Before that, you must make a Risks evaluation detailed and allergy tests by a specialist allergologist-immunologist. This is also endorsed by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
After each dose, all health establishments will deliver the vaccination card for proof and user use.
The certificate with QR code can download from the official website of the branch portfolio, through www.certificados-vacunas.msp.gob.ec.
To find out where you can get vaccinated across the country, you can click here. (AVV)
La vacuna contra la influenza puede ser administrada el mismo día de aplicación de la dosis contra la COVID-19, o posterior a esta.
