“Let’s focus our efforts on protecting people over 50 years old”: Ministry of Health

The Colombian Ministry of Health’s Director of Promotion and Prevention, Gerson Piermont, has asked to focus efforts on protecting the country’s over-50s, the most vulnerable population, against COVID-19, through the National Plan to Combat COVID-19. vaccination.

This was expressed by the official during his speech at the Center for Unified Command (PMU) held in Armenia, Quindio County, where he presented the progress made in immunization on the national territory and stressed the challenges facing the country until the end of the year’s festivities.

Letter to EPS To find people over 50 and people with autoimmune diseases 30 days after their second dose can get their booster doseNote Pyrmont.

In this sense, he explained that in the population consisting of more than 70 years, there is a progression of 97.4% in the application of the first and only doses, and 93% in the second doses, however, only 35.4% of this population has a booster dose, which aims To strengthen immunity against Covid-19.

In the same way, it indicated that the group among those over 50 to 69 years of age had 87.2% progress on the first and single dose application, 78.9% on the second dose, and only 14.7% on the application. of the booster dose, for which he was emphatic in asking this population and entities to complete the scheme and request the booster dose to enhance immunization.

“This is our best effort, saving lives, as we need to work with all strategies. You’re welcome because we continue to increase first doses in children and young adults, but this is where we must focus our work,” Piermont said, in a new call to mayors, health ministers, EPS and IPS across the country.

According to Ministry of Health data, 1,294,003 people over the age of 50 did not start their vaccination plan, 2,215,551 citizens of this population group did not complete their scheme and 8,262,043 people in this group, who are the most vulnerable according to studies , booster dose.

On the other hand, the Director of Promotion and Prevention of the Health Portfolio, indicated that there are expectations to receive about 16 million doses of the vaccine against Covid-19 during the month of December, explaining the distribution of biological preparations: Sinovac: from 3 to 11 years; Pfizer: For pregnant women and second doses; Janssen: population over 18 years of age and immigrants; AstraZeneca: Populations over 18 years of age, immigrants, reinforcements, and recent: Populations 12-17 years and second doses.

“They announced a donation of 2.4 million from Pfizer, which we will receive at the beginning of the year. Pfizer vaccines for children are not considered; Piermont concluded that the only vaccine for children is Sinovac.

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