Ten states in the country have started the application of the Covid-19 vaccine booster for adults. Anyone over 18 years old can receive the third dose and have received the second dose at least five months ago.
Mato Grosso do Sul, Maranhão, São Paulo, Pará, Piauí, Goiás, Pernambuco, Amazonas, Rio Grande do Norte and Paraíba have already started to apply the booster dose.
In Rio de Janeiro, the city announced that the immunization will take place in a staggered manner. People between 55 and 59 years old will be vaccinated by the end of the month and, between December and January, the application of the form dose for the public above 55 years old begins.
This week, the Minister of Health, Marcelo Queiroga, announced that the government will apply a booster dose of the vaccine to the entire population over 18 years of age.
The application will be for those who took the second dose more than five months ago. In September, elderly and immunosuppressed people began to receive the third dose. Now, in addition to the audience having been expanded, the interval between applications has decreased — whereas previously the minimum interval should have been six months.
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Reference: CNN Brasil
