a Health Minister Marcelo Quiroga, He said the elderly, health professionals, and people with comorbidities should be part of the COVID vaccination campaign in 2023. The volume is still outlining How will the vaccination schedule be? Against Covid-19 next year.
“In 2023 there will be no shortage of a vaccine, what you need to define is the target audience. We are working hard to get these answers. Perhaps it is the elderly and health professionals, [pessoas com] Comorbidities will certainly be included, the minister said, but if such a broad campaign is necessary, we do so.”
In an interview with boundThe Minister has already said that the trend is to reduce the size of the target audience and to prioritize the Astrazeneca vaccine.
The statement came during Visit of the Minister of Health to a health center from the Federal District to take the second booster dose against Covid-19, also called the fourth dose of the vaccine.
At the age of 56, the minister took two doses of Coronavac in the first phase of vaccination in Brazil. Then he took a booster shot, from Pfizer, and now he’s gone to the post to get the second booster.
The Minister, then, follows the rule of the Ministry, which Issued additional immunization to people over 50 in Brazil.
The fourth dose should be given four months after the third dose. For this purpose, municipalities will be able to use Pfizer, Janssen or AstraZeneca immunizations, regardless of which vaccines a person has taken before.
On this occasion, the Minister also said that the results of the exams are between Thursday and Friday Suspected cases of monkeypox.
In Brazil, there are seven suspected cases of the disease. No cases have been confirmed in the country yet.
There are two cases under investigation in Rondônia, one in Mato Grosso do Sul, One in Rio Grande do Sul, one in Ceará and one in Santa Catarina And one in Sao Paulo.
