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AstraZeneca and Pfizer: Brazil receives 5.5 million doses of vaccines against Covid

The country received this Wednesday (17) more than 5.5 million doses of vaccines against Covid-19. In total, there were 3 million immunizers from the pharmaceutical Pfizer and 2.5 million vaccines from AstraZeneca.

The information was confirmed by the Minister of Health, Marcelo Queiroga, through their social networks.

“To reinforce the biggest vaccination campaign in the history of Brazil, we have just received + 2.5 million doses of #Covid19 vaccine from AstraZeneca. A new batch of 3 million Pfizer doses also arrived today! We are already very close to the goal of having our entire #Vaccinated Homeland”, wrote the minister.

On Tuesday (16), the Ministry of Health announced that all adults over 18 years old will be able to receive the additional dose of the vaccine against Covid-19. The only requirement is to wait the interval of five months after the second dose.

Astrazeneca asks Anvisa to include a booster dose

AstraZeneca asked the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) that its vaccine against Covid-19 be used as a booster dose in the immunization scheme approved by the agency in Brazil. The information was released this Wednesday (17) by Anvisa.

According to Anvisa, Astrazeneca’s request provides for homologous vaccination, that is, application of a booster dose to people who received the two initial doses of the same vaccine as Astrazeneca for at least 6 months.

The proposal made to the agency involves all age groups currently included in the package insert, people aged 18 or over. Today, AstraZeneca’s current package insert provides for two doses for complete immunization.

Reference: CNN Brasil

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