Chile approaches 4 million people vaccinated against COVID-19 and begins vaccinating breastfeeding women

Chile continues to move steadily forward in its vacation process immunity for its population before the end of June.

In the last few hours, the Ministry of Health has communicated that 3.8 million people have been vaccinated with the first dose against the coronavirus, and it is expected to cross the barrier of 4 million people vaccinated for the first time in the next few hours.

To reach the goal of vaccinating 5 million people with some morbidity in March, it was also reported that Vaccination of nursing mothers will begin from March 8. Health Minister Enrique Paris stressed that This inoculation process will be based on your age range.

“It will be on the calendar that breastfeeding mothers, respecting their age group, are not a priority group like people with cancer. In your age group, if you are breast-feeding, On command of their pediatrician, they can be vaccinated without any difficulty. In addition, we know that there is an antibody transfer when the mother produces breast milk and the child receives it, ”said the official.

Specific, there are 3,894,967 people vaccinated for the first dose, and only the day of yesterday 288,388 people were vaccinated with their first and second dose, which reached a total of 4,270,024 drugs supplied to date.

The health authority indicated that after the arrival of 4 million Sinovac vaccines to start the vaccination of the second doses, a total of 375,057 people received both injections. This represents 2.5% of the target population, or around 15 million.

As, adults over 60 who have been vaccinated against the coronavirus are 2,504,754 people, which for the authorities represents more than 50% of the total.

In the last few hours, the Ministry of Health has confirmed a trend that has been occurring since the start of the vaccination plan: 59.2% of those vaccinated are women and 40.8% are men. From the Department of Statistics and Information (DEIS) of the Ministry of Health, they said that The Chilean region with the highest percentage of target population vaccinated is Magallanes, with 37.1%, followed by Aysén, which has 32.7%, and Ñuble, with 32.3%.

What’s next on the calendar

For the second week of March it will be the turn of the vaccination of adults between 59 and 46 years old, with or without morbidities. Also, people with severe or profound disability, from 59 to 46 years old, They will also have to go to one of the 1,400 vaccination points in the country to be vaccinated.

“People with severe and profound disabilities were included in the immunization scheduleAlso according to age and it will evolve from day to day according to the ages listed on the calendar. Our goal is to vaccinate the 5 million people with some type of chronic disease in March and we are going to lower age according to age to avoid overcrowding, ”said Under Secretary of Health Paula Daza.

For the next week the Ministry of Health has set vaccination for chronically ill patients between 59 and 46 years of age, who can receive the coronavirus vaccine as long as A document is presented which certifies that you are a patient of any morbidity.

“Since yesterday, the vaccination schedule for next week has been published and all those who have a chronic disease have been included, between 59 and 46 years old they will be able to be vaccinated next week. When going for vaccination, people carry a certificate, whether it is a prescription or a document. to certify that he suffers from a chronic illness, ”said Paula Daza.

The authorities have also established that from next week second dose vaccination will continue, for all to whom it corresponds by calendar.

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