Vaccination with the third dose, or booster dose, against Covid-19 takes place this Thursday (18) in eight capitals. As of today, everyone over 18 years old will be able to be vaccinated with a new dose of the immunizing agent, as long as they have received the second dose at least five months ago.
São Paulo starts vaccination today. Another seven capitals already apply the third dose: Porto Alegre, Goiânia, Campo Grande, Maceió, São Luís, Belém and Palmas. Two more capitals intend to start applying the third dose this week, from Friday (19): Aracaju and Macapá.
The new guidance follows a similar decision by the Ministry of Health, which on Tuesday (16) started to recommend the reinforcement for all adults.
The previous guideline directed that the dose should be applied only to health professionals, elderly people over 60 years of age and immunosuppressed, 6 months after the second dose.
Thus, anyone who took the second dose of Covid-19 vaccines between January and June is already eligible for a third.
São Paulo
In São Paulo, the government reinforced the guidance that any available immunizing agent – Pfizer, AstraZeneca or Coronavac – is suitable for the new dose and offers protection against the disease.
According to the government of São Paulo, a group of about 710,000 people will be able to receive the immunizing agent in the state.
For those who have received the Janssen-manufactured single-dose vaccine, the third dose should take a little longer. This is because the new guidance from the Ministry of Health is that these people take a second dose of the immunizing agent eight weeks after the first and, only then, start counting the five months for the booster dose.
Regarding the application of the second dose of Janssen, the state only says that the campaign will depend on the availability of the immunizing agent in the national territory and on the shipments of the National Immunization Plan (PNI).
Currently, around 85.52% of the population over 12 years of age in the state of São Paulo has already received both doses of the vaccine against Covid-19 and 9.09% have already received the booster dose.
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Reference: CNN Brasil
