Regarding how the vaccination process for children will be carried out, which of the two vaccines will be applied, García explained that it will be subject to the decisions made in the National Immunization Program (PNI) and added that both (Pfizer and Sinovac) “have a very good efficiency”.
“In general, here the PNI makes the decision about which vaccine is going to be available in the different vaccination centers and here the person will arrive and will have the option according to the point of which vaccine is going to be be available ”, he clarified.
Garcia added that the dose of Pfizer for children will be administered in 10 micrograms of doses, instead of the 30 that is administered to adults.
“On the other hand, the director of the ISP also confirmed that of the 1.7 million cases of coronavirus that the country has presented since the pandemic began, 29 of them correspond to the Omicron variant.
In the last day, 1,080 new cases of coronavirus and four deaths were reported, so that the total of deaths rises to 38,727, while the patients in the active stage of the virus are 8,470.
García spoke of a community case that is found in the Metropolitan region, a 65-year-old woman who is admitted to the Intensive Care Unit, while the rest are rather “related to the airport of the first case or cases that have reached the airport”.
“Unfortunately, there is a lack of interview records, because the woman is hospitalized in the ICU, so it remains to be seen if there was any connection with someone who has traveled and who has brought the Omicron from the airport,” he said.
From the ISP they admit that since it is a highly contagious variant, it is possible to affirm that there are other community infections and as a result, the Ministry of Health would be considering applying a fourth dose of vaccine.
“Now, defining when it is placed, is something that depends on the studies and it is too early to define it today,” he closed.
Source From: Ambito
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