Uruguay to apply third dose of Pfizer to people already immunized with Coronavac vaccine

Uruguay on Wednesday approved the application of a third dose of the American Pfizer vaccine to those who already have two doses of the vaccine Coronavac vaccine, developed by the Chinese laboratory Sinovac.

This was announced by the Uruguayan Ministry of Public Health (MSP) in a statement and clarified that the decision – which had been under consideration for several weeks – had been taken after the recommendation of the National Advisory Committee on Vaccines and the group created “ad hoc”.

This third dose will be administered “offbeat“and the inoculated must have a minimum period of 90 days between the second dose of Coronavac and the new one from Pfizer.

“Due to the verification of the weaker immune response in this population on the primary immunization schedule, after one month of the second dose, those who have received the Pfizer or AstraZeneca vaccine may receive a third dose of Pfizer, while those who have received the full immunization schedule with CoronaVac, may receive the complete vaccination schedule with Pfizer (two doses), “the ministry reported.

Although the health ministry has said that interested parties themselves should schedule themselves to ask for their vaccination day and time, it is not yet confirmed when this period will begin.

According to the CoronavirusUy application, developed by the MSP, this Wednesday at noon, 372,950 people were vaccinated with only the first dose, while 2,179,510 (61.52% of the population) have two doses from Chinese pharmaceutical companies Sinovac, the Anglo-Swedish AstraZeneca or the American Pfizer.

Of this total, the largest number of people have Coronavac and, to date, there are 1,558,770 people who have received both doses of the vaccine developed by the Asian giant.

Uruguay takes several weeks with a decrease in positives and deaths by covid-19, despite the fact that April, May and June were the worst months of the pandemic.

There are currently 380,793 cases of covid-19 since the start of the health emergency, which was declared in Uruguay on March 13, 2020, of which 2,404 are people with the disease, 77 of them admitted to health centers. intensive treatment (ITC) and 5,941 deaths.

Source: EFE

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