41,200 children have been vaccinated as of 19:00 on Saturday
The Ministry of Health announced that about 41,200 children had been vaccinated against COVID-19 by 7 p.m. Saturday.
According to a statement issued by the Ministry of Joint Services and the General Directorate of Health, 37,900 of the vaccinated children had scheduled an appointment in advance, while the rest benefited from the opportunity to be vaccinated without an appointment.
Vaccination of children in this age group is ongoing [domingo]According to the schedules set during the week. The same statement added that all users scheduled for Sunday are invited to respect the time specified for the vaccination, in order to ensure the smooth running of the entire process.”
About 77,000 children aged 9, 10 and 11 have begun vaccinations against Covid-19, a process that continues over the weekend, with centers designated for this age group only.
Today and Sunday are the first period aimed at vaccinating children aged 5 to 11, with the government estimating that the second doses of Pfizer’s pediatric vaccine will be taken between February 5 and March 13 next year.
Until then, it is planned that between January 6 and 9, children aged 9-7 years will be vaccinated, with the fifteenth and sixteenth days allotted to give the first dose to the 6- and 7-year-old group, while the second day On the twenty-third and twenty-third of the same month, all five-year-olds will be vaccinated.
Children with comorbidities will have priority for vaccination, regardless of age, as long as they have a prescription, just go to the centers to receive the SARS-CoV-2 vaccination.
The self-scheduling of children’s vaccination against Covid-19 was opened, on Monday, days after the government announced the decision to vaccinate this age group, based on the recommendation of the General Directorate of Health.
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