Chile urges laggards: there are 900,000 adults between 23 and 49 years old who have not yet been vaccinated, although there are plenty of doses

Chilean health authorities have called for 900 thousand late arrivals between 23 and 49 years old who have not yet been vaccinated Against the coronavirus, go to your nearest health center for this procedure.

Specific, The information was revealed by the Ministry of Health of Chile (Minsal) during this Tuesday, who are promoting a special campaign nationwide this week, to motivate and promote vaccination among people over 23 years of age.

“It is important that they get vaccinated because we know that as long as we are all vaccinated, we can continue to protect ourselves. We want to reduce the number of people who mainly enter hospitalizations and intensive care units, ”said Under Secretary of Health Paula Daza.

For the Chilean authorities, It is urgent that this age group between 23 and 49 years go to be vaccinated, because at the end of this month the objective imposed by the national government is reached, vaccinate 80% of its population, at least with the first dose against the coronavirus.

Government efforts will also focus on this week, in the vaccination of pregnant women at 16 weeks gestation and further.

“(Latecomers) are over 23 years of age and 16 weeks or more pregnant: we have about 900,000 people in this group who are missing to reach that 80 percent“, Reiterated the Under-Secretary, Paula Daza.

On another side, the urgency for this age group to switch to national vaccinations to get vaccinated, it became apparent later that week that it was revealed that the children under 39 in Chile lead in intensive care unit (ICU) admissions for the first time.

According to data provided on Tuesday by the Department of Statistics and Health Information of Chile (DEIS), patients 39 years and under total approximate 723 ICU admissions across the country, a figure which corresponds to 22.84% of general admissions for this zone.

Meanwhile, those closely following this group are adults between the ages of 50 and 59, who reach 722 ICU admissions., with 22.81% of the total entries in this area, according to DEIS.

“Today, we know that almost half of the intensive care beds in our country are occupied by people between the ages of 20 and 50, many of whom are connected to mechanical ventilation. We know that people are tired, that We have been in a pandemic for over a year, who want to go out and have more freedom (..) That is why the call is to be vaccinated“said Daza.

Special vaccination plan

Throughout this week, Chile has prioritized so that latecomers over 23 years old, go to the nearest vaccination centers get vaccinated against the coronavirus.

For example, since last Monday, In Chile, people of a specific age group are not vaccinated, but all adults of any age group can go age previously authorized by the Minsal, to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

This health effort It takes place from this Monday and will last until this Wednesday. From tomorrow Thursday, inoculation will begin for adults aged 22, which will run until this Friday.

As, this weekend the national vaccination for latecomers over 22 years old will be resumed, for pregnant women 16 weeks gestation or more, and for those who have not yet administered the second dose against the coronavirus.

“We must continue to take care of ourselves, use the mask, physical distancing, but one of the fundamental pillars to be able to realize these freedoms is vaccination, that protects us from getting sick, from entering an intensive care unit and also, what is important, to die. That’s why the call is to get vaccinated “Under-Secretary Paula Daza said on Tuesday.

Remember that during this week, Chile has passed 11 million vaccinated against the coronavirus. Until Tuesday, June 8, the DEIS reported that 19,644,506 doses were administered in the country and 11,099,661 people were vaccinated with the first dose, while 8,399,733 did so with their second vaccine.

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