Through the Federal Health Council (COFESA), the Minister of Health of the Nation, Carla Vizzotti, meeting with health authorities from all over the country, announced the application of the third reinforcement of the vaccine against Covid-19.Although the situation is a little calmer than in 2020, a resurgence in Europe alerted the health system around the world. In the UK, Covid-19 hospitalisations grew by 31% in just one week. With these numbers coming from the Northern Hemisphere and the logic that the virus showed in its expansion, the country’s health authorities decided to take action on the matter. For this reason, Vizzotti led a meeting at COFESA that concluded with the determination of the application of a third reinforcement.” We are going to move forward with the application of the third booster of the vaccine against Covid-19 throughout the country,” he wrote through his Twitter account.
We are going to move forward with the application of the third COVID-19 vaccine booster throughout the country. It is a decision that we made together with ministers of health from all the provinces in the last Federal Health Council. pic.twitter.com/TkUh7QCEfv — Carla Vizzotti (@carlavizzotti)
October 29, 2022
In addition, the minister assured that the country has “the necessary vaccines to move forward with this strategy.” The booster will be available to people who applied the second booster at least 120 days ago, with priority for those who have risky conditions or are over 50 years old. With regard to the realization of the plan, the infectious disease doctor delegated responsibility to each province. “As always, each province will advance according to the provincial vaccination plan,” Vizzotti added.According to official data from the Ministry of Health of the nation, only 52% of the total of 41,026,081 people who initiated the scheme received the first reinforcement. In turn, only 6,082,421 people received the second reinforcement.
