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Capital of SP applies 4th dose in public over 40 from Monday (27)

The public aged between 40 and 44 years in the city of São Paulo will be able to receive the fourth dose of the vaccine against Covid-19 starting next Monday (27). The only requirement is to have taken the first booster dose at least four months ago.

The expectation of the Municipal Health Department (SMS) is to immunize about 500 thousand people in this age group. In all, 1,020,863 people aged between 40 and 49 are eligible to receive the additional dose.

On Wednesday (22), the city began the application of the second booster in the population over 45 years.

“The city of São Paulo has gradually expanded immunization to new groups in order to reinforce vaccine coverage against Covid-19. The advance of vaccination results in the reduction of hospitalizations for severe disease and that is why it is essential that all eligible people take booster doses, it is individual and collective protection “, said the municipal secretary of Health, Luiz Carlos Zamarco.

Currently, city residents aged 50 and over, with a high degree of immunosuppression, can also receive the third additional dose, or fifth dose, if they received the second booster dose at least four months ago.

Vaccination coverage

So far, the capital of São Paulo has applied 32,902,147 doses of vaccines against Covid-19, with more than 11 million for the first dose, more than 11 million for second doses and about 364 thousand single doses (Janssen). 7.6 million additional first doses and 1.9 million second booster doses were also given.

While the percentage of adults, that is, people over 18 years of age, who received the first two doses of the immunizing agent exceeds 100%, the booster dose was applied to 80.4% of this population. The second additional dose was applied to 52.9% of people over 50 years of age.

Source: CNN Brasil

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