The Centers for the Control and Prevention of Diseases in the United States updated their recommendations regarding vaccination against COVID-19.
According to the entity, it seeks to simplify the recommendations and attend to vulnerable people to have an additional protection.
After the meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the CDC, the changes that are already in force were analyzed.
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These include allowing an additional dose of the bivalent vaccine against COVID-19 for older adults and immunosuppressed people. “This allows greater flexibility for medical care providers to administer additional doses to immunocompromised patients if necessary”, as explained.
Likewise, the monovalent mRNA vaccines are not yet recommended, but all persons older than six years receive the bivalent vaccine (updated) as soon as the respective doses have been completed with the previous versions.
The CDC clarified that those who have received an updated mRNA vaccine should not take any action unless they are 65 years old or immunocompromised.
“For small children, multiple doses are still recommended and will vary according to age, vacuna and vacunas that have been received previously”, was added.
Sobre las personas que no pueden acceder a vacunas ARNm mRNA signaled that they also have alternatives to these available.
The bivalent vaccines contain a component of the original virus strain and the other with the omicron variant. (I)
