Breakfast and no queues: these are the recommendations for the elderly on the day of their COVID-19 vaccination

On February 15, the second stage of COVID-19 vaccination begins in Mexico, a phase that includes people over 60 years of age. The Mexican government announced that the antigen will be applied in 333 municipalities in the country, who, according to President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, are the most isolated and the poorest.

“All seniors in these remote municipalities will be vaccinated, so progress will be made with other municipalities in the 32 states until all seniors are vaccinated – more than 15 million adults over 60 years old. , We want 15,717,170 adults over 60 to be vaccinated by mid-April, with this an 80% reduction in COVID deaths is guaranteed, ”the president said at a morning press conference.

The vaccination of this sector of the population will be carried out with the new batch of antigens developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford which arrived from India this Sunday at dawn.

Therefore, it is important to take into account anys recommendations from the Ministry of Health attend the application appointment in a timely manner.

The calls to the elderly will be scheduled according to the decades of age defined as priorities by the Mexican Technical Advisory Group on Vaccines: first over 80, then 70 to 79 and finally 60 to 69.

During a press video conference, officials from the capital government gave details of the process of immunizing the elderly.

– Watch and hydrate.

– If necessary, the elderly person must come to the vaccination site with medicines to treat other conditions already taken.

– They can arrive accompanied by a family member and must present a official identification who proves his age and residence at the office of the mayor of the Vaccination Unit. You will also need to bring your vaccination record, to count on it.

– On arrival, a token will be allocated according to the order of entry into the unit. In this way, if 500 tokens are exceeded, the elderly person can return the next day.

“There are specific indications, regardless of whether they have comorbidities, It is recommended that they arrive with breakfast and with their medication as directed for the treatment of their comorbidity.. What is, is that people who show symptoms of COVID-19, it is recommended or vaccinated. But if they had the disease before, more than 15 days after the end of the disease and they no longer have symptoms, they can be vaccinated, ”said the doctor. Olivia lopez arellano, head of the Ministry of Health of the government of Mexico (Sedesa).

After receiving the COVID-19 vaccine

Victor Hugo Borja Aburto, Director of Medical Services at IMSS, explained that the elderly will stay in the vaccination center for about two hours, Well, after receiving the antigen, they’ll be under observation for 30 minutes.

“While waiting in line, we will try to keep as little as possible It is very organized thanks to all the support from the nation’s servers, city officials and all officials and volunteers to ensure the comfort of the elderly, ”said the local Secretary of Health.

It should be noted that in Mexico City, the first municipalities to receive the vaccine against the SARS-CoV-2 virus are Cuajimalpa, Magdalena Contreras and Milpa Alta.

“We are planning enough chairs for them to wait for the person at the vaccination center and they will be ordered. They don’t have to arrive at three in the morning, four, five or six, the vaccination center will be open from nine in the morning until 8 in the evening and there is enough vaccines for everyone, vaccination centers, so that there are no queues of people ”, declared the head of the capital, Claudia Sheinbaum.

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