Paraná distributes the first booster vaccines to elderly people over 60 years of age

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The State Department of Health (Sesa) distributed 390,880 vaccines against Covid-19 on the morning of Monday, 4th, to 22 regionals. There are 194,250 vaccines for the second dose (D2), 19,960 for the first application (D1) in the population over 18 years of age and 176,670 for the booster dose (DR) in the elderly over 60 and health workers.

The doses assigned to D2 are from AstraZeneca/Fiocruz and refer to the vaccination schedule supplement for Shipments 30 and 31. D1 immunizations for the remainder of the adult population not yet vaccinated are from CoronaVac/Butantan.

The DR will be, as directed by the Department of Health, from North American pharmaceutical company Pfizer/BioNTech, divided into 146,250 for health workers and 30,420 for seniors over the age of 60. Booster doses for people who took D2 or a single dose (DU) by March 31.

This is the Ministry of Health’s first batch of Dr. in these masses. Previously, only immunosuppressed individuals and the elderly over 70 years of age were covered. It is estimated, according to the state health plan, that more than 1.7 million people over the age of 60 are in Paraná and at least 381,426 health workers reside in the state.

The Minister of State for Health, Beto Brito, commented on the importance of this shipment. “Health workers and the elderly are generally more susceptible to infection with the disease, so it is very important that we can enhance the immunization of these people, and prevent the spread of the virus and the loss of more lives,” he said.

Drugs

Sesa is also decentralizing all Regionals, more than 60,900 drugs included in its so-called “intubation suite” to care for patients diagnosed with Covid-19, who are admitted to hospital in exclusive sick beds in Paraná or in health services in Paraná. Parana. Country. Of these, 50,000 were purchased by the Trust and the rest from donations from partner institutions. In this shipment alone, it is estimated that R$1.2 million has been invested in inputs.

new doses

In addition to distribution, Beto Brito also announced the arrival of a new batch of vaccines in Paraná. According to him, 344,210 doses landed at Afonso Pena International Airport, in São Jose dos Peñas, on Tuesday (5). There are 182,750 AstraZeneca vaccines for D2 on the 36th and 35th agenda and 161,460 for Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines, with 141,570 for D2 vaccines on the 36th agenda and 19,890 for DR health workers who have completed the vaccination schedule by 15 April.

vaccination

According to the National Vacinometer data, Paraná has already applied 13,651,799 vaccines, of which 8,174,721 are D1, 323,582 DU and 5,096,945 are D2. Between D1 and DU, the state actually reached 97.46% of the estimated adult population of 8,720,953, with at least one dose. Among the D2 and DU, 62.16% of the public are fully immunized. In addition, 43,090 vaccines were applied as DR and 13,638 as additional doses (AD).

For the secretary, the coverage index represents the last stage of vaccination in the adult population. Given that about 3% of the population still refuses to take the vaccine, 97% is our 100%. There has never been such a large population adhesion to an immunizing agent,” he said.

He stressed that some cities keep vaccination open to those over 18 years old. “Some municipalities are still making summaries, and insist that those who have not yet been vaccinated, look for the vaccine, and do not leave it for later, because those who have not been vaccinated will have a much higher chance of contracting the disease and developing into its most dangerous form.”