A statement from this portfolio indicates that an additional 18,000 doses of the drug will arrive this month to be used as a booster for those over the age of 12 who received the first three injections of the biological ancestor and have more than two months of the last vaccine against Covid-19.19, the first case of which was detected in Costa Rica in March 2020.
Likewise, the Department of Health said 48,000 pediatric doses for minors between the ages of five and 11 will arrive before the end of this month.
Salud pointed out that the first 18,000 cans are already in the possession of the Costa Rican Social Security Fund, which is responsible for Costa Rican public health, after receiving them last Tuesday.
The purchase of these vaccines by the National Emergency Commission is based on the request of the National Vaccination and Epidemiology Commission of November 24, 2022, which managed 150,000 pediatric vaccines for children under five years of age, 160,000 pediatric doses and 506 thousand bivalent vaccines for people over 12 years of age , he refers.
“It is important to note that the bivalent vaccine will only be used as a fourth and fifth dose booster, it will not be used to start or complete programs, meaning it will be used in people who have already received their first Basic schedule of three doses with the vaccine Ancestors,” underlines the official statement.
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