Covid-19: MINSA approves third dose for boys and girls aged 5 to 11 years.

The Ministry of Health Approved management A third dose against COVID-19 The target population of 4,201,842 minors is the population of boys and girls aged 5 to 11 years. A laboratory-based infant vaccine will be used to strengthen children’s protection against the virus. Pfizer Five months after the second dose.

“We have already approved the third dose for our population aged 5 to 11 years. Five months after receiving the second dose, they can go for the third dose. For this reason, parents are requested to take their minor children to comply. Take all your vaccinations,” it announced on Tuesday. Minister of HealthJorge Lopez Pena.

To date, the country has administered a total of 5,322,727 doses, achieving 70.4% vaccine coverage with first doses, 2,958,167 vaccines administered, and 56.3% with 2,364,560 second vaccine doses. Because vaccines lose their effectiveness over several months, MINSA decided to use a third dose for this age group and urge parents across the country to complete the vaccination schedule for their children.

Similarly, the fourth dose of the vaccine is used in immunocompromised adolescents aged 12 to 17 years. Five months after using the third dose. Meanwhile, cancer patients older than 5 years have already received the fourth dose according to the current vaccination protocol.

All of them can visit vaccination centers or health institutions with their parents, proxy or relatives above 18 years of age. Upon entry to the vaccination site, ID must be shown for the child and accompanying adult, who will sign the informed consent form.

In the case of children above 5 years of age who stay at home and are unable to visit a vaccination centre, they will receive a visit from the health team as part of a door-to-door vaccination sweep strategy.

Fourth dose for elderly

In people over 60 years of age, the interval between vaccination with the fourth dose is reduced from five to four months after receiving the third vaccine. COVID-19, since this is the population most affected by the virus. May be the type of vaccine given Pfizer oh ModernIt is indicated in the protocol to use the third and fourth doses of the vaccine.

The Sometimes He also informed that this Monday, the country managed to use 80,151,620 doses of coronavirus vaccine. Similarly, to date, 850,000 doses of the seasonal flu vaccine have been administered to adults over 60 years of age.

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