With 48% of children vaccinated with the first dose of the immunizer against Covid-19, the city of Rio de Janeiro extended the vaccination campaign for another 45 days. This Tuesday (08), the calendar by age group was closed and from now on, there will be no more scaling by age.
All children from 5 to 11 years old, who have not yet been vaccinated, will be able to attend any health center, accompanied by their parents or guardians, to receive the first dose. On the 10th, the Health and Education Departments will make an active search for children not yet immunized to try to reverse the low demand.
The goal of the Municipal Health Department is to reach 80% of the public from 5 to 11 years old with the first dose, which corresponds to 448,000 children.
“We intend to reach 80% of children with the first dose. Therefore, we have extended the immunization campaign for another 45 days” – said Health Secretary Daniel Soranz.
While almost half of the capital’s child population has already received the first dose of the Covid vaccine, vaccination coverage in the state of Rio de Janeiro is below the national average.
Data from the National Immunization Program (PNI) show that until February 7, 153,538 doses of vaccines against Covid-19 were applied to children aged 5 to 11 years. This number represents only 10% of the total children’s public in the state, while 20.2% of Brazilian children have already received the first dose of the vaccine.
According to data from CNN Agency, more than four million four hundred thousand (4,176,445) doses of the pediatric vaccine have already been applied throughout Brazil. The Minister of Health, Marcelo Queiroga, guaranteed that until February 15, all doses to vaccinate children will be delivered to the states and that there will be no shortage of vaccines.
Source: CNN Brasil
