The Buenos Aires Ministry of Health reported that As of next week, the bivalent vaccines will begin to be applied that protect against two variants of the coronavirus -the original, detected in wuhan, Chinaand the mutation called omicron-; and are added to the vaccination strategy as a booster dose.
As stated, this week the Province distributed 449,280 doses of the Pfizer Bivalent vaccine in the 12 health regions, vaccination centers and hospitals.
The vaccine that adds to the public, free and optional provincial plan against COVID-19 “Buenos Aires Get Vaccinated” is the Original Bivalent Comirnaty/Omicron BA.4-5from the laboratory Pfizer/BioNtechauthorized for use in the general population 12 years of age or older, according to the guidelines of the national health portfolio.
It is called bivalent since it is produced with genetic material that codes for the protein S (Spike) of the SARS-CoV-2 ancestral variant and of the SARS-CoV-2 variant Omicron BA.4-5.
The health authorities remarked that this new bivalent vaccine, -as well as the monovalent ones- is safe and effective to provide protection against hospitalizations, complications and deaths against all circulating variants. Both types of sera will coexist in the national and provincial vaccination strategy.
It can be received by all people over 12 years of age who have received a monovalent vaccine (primary or booster scheme) four months or more ago. Like the other doses, the minimum interval of four months from the last dose received must be maintained.
The COVID vaccines to be used according to age groups are:
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For children up to 5 years of age, the pediatric vaccine
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For children 6 to 11 years of age, the pediatric monovalent vaccine
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For people over 12 years of age, for primary doses, monovalent, and for boosters, monovalent and bivalent
It was also specified that the vaccinations can be consulted by clicking on https://portal-coronavirus.gba.gob.ar/vacunatorios-de-la-campana-covid-19.
