Chile bans second doses of AstraZeneca for men under 45: they will receive that of Pfizer

The health authorities of Chile reported on Monday that Second doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine banned at men’s under 45, Who is it they will receive Pfizer to finalize their vaccination starting this week.

“For (men) under 45 who have already received a dose of AstraZeneca, they were determined to complete their vaccination with Pfizer”said Under Secretary of Health Paula Daza.

June 3, a confirmed case of thrombosis in a 31-year-old man led to the temporary suspension of second doses of the English vaccine, which is only applied in women over 55.

Chile is implementing one of the most successful COVID-19 vaccination processes in the world: has already inoculated 59.2% of the target population with two doses, which implies that all over 20 years have already been voluntarily summoned. From this week, the process with the miners will begin.

Despite this, the country has been experiencing a worsening of the pandemic for several weeks which led to putting in put all of Santiago in quarantine since last Saturday you prolong the state of health alert for another three months, until September 30.

The health alert, specify the authorities, makes it possible to take a few restrictive measures regarding the pandemic, but does not imply that the state of emergency will be extended, which must be proposed by the President and approved by Parliament and which allows, among other things, militarize the streets.

Over the past 24 hours, the intensive care unit (ICU) occupancy rate was over 95%, after recording 3,290 patients in serious condition (one of the highest numbers since the arrival of the virus), which means there are only 160 free critical beds nationwide.

In addition, 6,234 infections and 97 deaths were added, leaving the total pandemic balance at over 1.46 million cases and 30,804 deaths and a national positivity rate – the number of positive PCR tests per 100 performed – of 8 percent.

From the Ministry of Health, they reported that 73% of infections recorded last week correspond to people who had not completed their vaccination.

The country has maintained a state of emergency due to disaster for more than a year, curfew from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. and borders closed until June 30.

Yesterday, Chile exceeded for the fourth consecutive day the mark of 7,000 new infected with covid-19 after adding 7,529 infections and 128 deaths which leaves the total toll of the pandemic in more than 1.46 million cases and 30,707 deaths.

The country is experiencing the most critical moment since the start of the pandemic, a situation similar to the second wave in March and April, which has the country with intensive care units (ICUs) on the brink of collapse and with the capital confined since Saturday to prevent the spread of the virus.

Despite the country leading one of the most successful vaccination processes in the world, nearly 60% of the target population has already received two doses, in the last 24 hours only 180 critical beds have been counted and 3 292 patients in serious condition, one of the highest numbers since the arrival of the virus.

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