According to version 24 of the Covid-19 Disease Surveillance Guidelines of this portfolio, people on the full regimen of protection (two baseline doses and one booster) should also be asymptomatic and have at least 14 days to receive the third portion of the biological.
Also, he continues, people who have had two injections and have not exceeded the four months prescribed for the third do not have to self-isolate.
Cases diagnosed as positive for Covid-19, either by laboratory tests or via link, continue seven-day isolation regardless of the status of their vaccination schedule, version 24 of the guidelines states.
In this regard, Health Minister Daniel Salas pointed out that Europe and Asia are witnessing a resurgence of Covid-19 outbreaks and in this regard, the third dose of the vaccine becomes an important reinforcement of protection against serious diseases and hospitalizations.
With that, he emphasized, we assume that Costa Rica could face an increase in cases in the future due to events in other latitudes.
Salas insisted Costa Rica has enough vaccines to inject those who need to complete their three-dose regimen against Covid-19 through the Costa Rica Social Security Fund’s (CCSS, here in charge of public health) various vaccinations.
From December 24, 2020, when vaccination began, until this Monday, the technical teams of the CCSS have applied 10 million 18,000 261 doses of vaccine against Covid-19, four million of which correspond to 313,391 first doses ; three million 937,000 449 second and one million 767,000 421 third.
In this way, Costa Rica achieves 89.9 percent of first-dose use in the Costa Rican population over the age of five; 82 percent in seconds; and 36.6 percent in thirds.
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