To consider. This Sunday, January 1, 2023, the application of the bivalent vaccine against COVID-19 will begin in Peru, as reported by the Ministry of Health.
Through a statement, the Minsa specified that the application of the vaccine will begin with health personnel in Metropolitan Lima, according to the availability of the vaccines and considering their greater exposure and risk to COVID-19.
To access this new vaccine, health personnel must have the 4 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.
It should be mentioned that the inoculation of this vaccine, It will gradually be expanded to include older adults and people with comorbidity.
COVID-19 in Peru: how often will we have to get vaccinated against the coronavirus?
Dr. Elmer Huerta announced that worldwide it will be necessary to vaccinate against the coronavirus once a year. This is according to the meeting held by COVID-19 advisers and public health authorities, at the White House, in the United States, last Tuesday.
“The next (vaccine) is the bivalent one that has been approved. It will bring two types of virus, the original from Wuhan and the Omicron variant, therefore, it will provide double protection. Yesterday, more or less, the mystery to the question of how often one is going to vaccinate has been unveiled a bit”, indicated in RPP News.
He added that, according to the doctor who leads the White House COVID-19 response team, what the government is planning right now, is that this bivalent vaccine is only once a year. This COVID-19 response team is made up of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA),
