The Government of Buenos Aires announced the application of the fourth dose of the vaccine to prevent COVID-19.

This action is aimed at all people whose basic schedule is 3 doses due to immunocompromised or who have been vaccinated with Sinopharm who is over 50 years of age.

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Nicolás Kreplak, Minister of Health of the State of Buenos Aires, announced the application of the fourth vaccination of the COVID-19 vaccine. In principle, the bill “covers all people whose basic schedule is three doses because they have been vaccinated with Sinopharm with reduced immunity or over 50 years of age,” said a government official from Axel Kicillof.

The Buenos Aires health portfolio stated this Wednesday that people can apply a fourth booster dose when they reach 4 months after their last application. Regardless of the place of residence, people will be able to apply vaccination against coronavirus to all vaccinations in the province of Buenos Aires. “The vaccine is free and federal,” said the Ministry of Health.

In the city of Buenos Aires, since the beginning of March, a fourth dose has been applied to people over 50 years of age who received immunocompromised or Sinopharm alone. “COVID-19 vaccination has a primary plan, a first and a second dose necessary to activate the immune system and protect it from disease. This is true for the majority of citizens. On the other hand, “there is a certain group that has a low immune response because they are undergoing chemotherapy, they are receiving immunosuppressants because they have been implanted, they are receiving corticosteroids, or they are undergoing blood therapy.They suffer because they are diseases that have compromised immunity or because they are congenital or acquired diseases, such as HIV.” “, said Fernán Quirós, Minister of Health of Buenos Aires.

And he added: “In cases where the immune system does not respond well, the basic scheme of two doses is not enough. Therefore, there are plans for the first two doses for the majority of citizens, and the first three doses.” Now they also take the fourth dose.

Regarding the possibility of the general population getting a fourth vaccine, Quirós said it was still an issue under evaluation.

According to official data from the public vaccination monitor, 95,310,114 million vaccines have been applied throughout the country. Of this universe, 40,526,118 correspond to the first dose, 40,526,118 to the second dose, and 18,054,841 people have already received an additional or booster dose.

According to the Infobae Data Unit, 88% of the Argentine population applied the first dose as a percentage of 80% 2, 39% 3, which is one of the approved emergency preparations available in the United States.

From the information available, it seems that 18,374,773 people are waiting for the third dose, and since the second time it has not been 4 months, many have not yet received it, but 6,500,000 people have been more than 5 months since the initial schedule, and according to all medical forecasts, they will not be more protected against possible infections.

In addition, 5,282,629 people who did not receive an available vaccine and 4,096,504 who started therapy with a single dose and did not reapply the second dose. Nearly 10 million people do not have protection against SARS-CoV-2.

Despite the fact that there are 7,565,976 vaccines that are distributed in different states without application, health officials are concerned that vaccination rates have slowed down across the country while Ómicron BA.2 variant, ahead of winter, is causing new outbreaks of diseases in other parts of the world.

In this context, the Ministry of Health reported on Wednesday that 39 people died from coronavirus and 4,681 new infections were recorded in the last 24 hours. With this data, the cumulative total number of cases since the start of the pandemic was 8,985,836, and the total number of deaths totaled 127,334.

On this last day, 47,676 tests were carried out, so the positive rate recorded is 9.81%. This rate is encouraging because it is less than 10% for WHO to consider controlling the epidemic.

Currently, there are 67,243 active cases nationwide. These are people who have been diagnosed with the disease and have not yet been discharged to the national system. Meanwhile, the total number of recalls reached 8,791.29. On the other hand, of the total number of deaths reported today, 17 are men and 22 are women.

According to the epidemiological part, there are currently 741 COVID-19 patients admitted to intensive care in Argentina. The share of beds at the national level is 39.3%, and in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA) it is 40.1%.

Of the 4,681 infections reported this afternoon, 2,239 (47.83%) were from the province of Buenos Aires, 579 from CABA, 23 from Catamarca, 36 Chaco, 86 Chubut, 31 Corrientes, 393 from Córdoba, 53 from Entre Rios, 71 from Formosa, 6 Jujuy, 55 from La Pampa, and 4 Mendoza in La Rios; 232 from Mendoza Misiones; 99 from Neuquen; 58 from Rio Negro; 34 from Salta; 58 from San Juan; 16 from San Luis; 20 from Santa Cruz; from Santa Fe 163; 3 in Santiago del Estero; 10 in Tierra del Fuego, 314 in Tucuman.

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