The reinforcement application against covid for minors begins today / the day
Starting today, the reinforcement dose begins to be applied to children and adolescents, between 6 months and 17 years of age, in the fight against covid, which in recent weeks had a significant increase in cases, according to the Ministry of Health of the nation.
In La Plata, children and adolescents will be able to apply the reinforcement of different vaccinations: Hospital de Niños (14 N° 1631), from Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.; external offices of the Hospital Ludovica (16 and 63 N°1054), Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Hospital San Martín (1 and 70), from Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Hospital San Juan de Dios (71 between 26 and 27), Monday to Friday from 8 to 16; Hospital Gutiérrez (Diag. 114 between 39 and 40), Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sbarra Hospital (8 and 67), Monday to Friday from 8 to 16; Elina de la Serna Hospital (8 Nº 483), Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Hospital Alejandro Korn (520 between 173 and 178), Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The expansion of the pediatric vaccination strategy was defined based on the recommendation of the National Immunization Commission.
STATISTICS
So far, a total of 3,510,380 boys and girls under 12 years of age and 1,894,827 adolescents between 12 and 17 years of age who have already completed 120 days of their last dose have not yet received their booster.
As of today and depending on the vaccination plans of each jurisdiction, all girls and boys between 6 months and 2 years, 11 months and 29 days old who have completed their initial scheme against this disease 120 years ago will be able to receive the first booster. days or more.
In addition, all girls and boys between the ages of 3 and 11 and adolescents between 12 and 17 who have applied the first booster 120 days or more may receive the second booster.
The health portfolio detailed that only one dose was applied to 82,011 children from 6 months to two years, a coverage of 4.5 percent.
In the range that goes from 3 to 11 years old, 5,514,802 children received a dose, with a coverage of 81.8%, while between 12 and 17 years old, 3,944,265 doses were applied, 92. 3% coverage.
Meanwhile, 24,289 boys and girls between 6 months and two years old received the full initial scheme, 4,464,078 children from 3 to 11 years old, coverage of 66.2 percent, and between 12 and 17 years old, 3,467 received the initial scheme. .662 children, 81.2 percent of the total
The first booster was received by 2.9 percent of children 3 to 4 years old, 13.7 percent of children 5 to 11 years old, and 38.2 percent of children and adolescents 12 to 18 years old. 17 years.
It was also highlighted in the national Ministry of Health that only 1.21 percent of adolescents aged 12 to 17 with immunocompromised received the second booster.
And he pointed out that with 1,497,434 reinforcement doses applied between December 4 and 28, the application percentage increased by 228 percent compared to the previous 4 weeks.
He also warned that “it is very important that reinforcements continue to be applied to the entire population, prioritizing people aged 50 or over and those with risk conditions.”
In the midst of an increase in COVID-19 cases, the Argentine health authorities decided to move forward with reinforcing the vaccination of children and adolescents.
The Ministry of Health and the health authorities of the 24 jurisdictions of the country agreed to start today the application of the first booster of the vaccine in children between 6 months and 2 years and 11 months and 29 days, and the second booster for age groups. from 3 to 11 years old and from 12 to 17.
RECOMMENDATION
The strategy has the recommendation of the National Immunization Commission after analyzing the epidemiological situation and the reinforcement application schemes carried out by different countries, said a statement from the health portfolio.
