4th dose from 45 years old against Covid starts on Wednesday (22) in the city of SP

The city of São Paulo begins to apply the second booster, or fourth dose of the vaccine against Covid-19, to those aged 45 or over on Wednesday (22). You must have received the previous immunization for at least four months.

This Monday (20), the Ministry of Health announced that reinforcement in vaccination for those over 40 years old is released throughout the country.

The expansion of the fourth dose for the population aged between 40 and 49 years will occur in stages in the capital of São Paulo.

To TV Globo, Mayor Ricardo Nunes (MDB) said that São Paulo does not have enough vaccine to vaccinate everyone over 40 years old at once and that the capital is waiting for the arrival of more immunizers to expand the groups.

In all, 1,020,863 people in this age group are eligible for the fourth dose, with about 500,000 between 45 and 49 years old.

Questioned, the State Department of Health did not say in a note that it awaits a technical note with definitions from the Ministry of Health, as well as sending vaccines to expand the booster in immunization.

“The State redistributes the doses of vaccines as requested by the municipalities, which have the autonomy to carry out the strategies for the application of immunizers”, says the state portfolio.

The fourth dose for those aged 50 and over in the state began on June 6th. Health professionals aged 18 and over can also receive the second booster dose

According to the federal government, Pfizer, Janssen and Astrazeneca vaccines can be used, regardless of the dose applied previously.

According to the city of São Paulo, until last Wednesday (15), the eve of the extended holiday of Corpus Christi, 65.6% of the people in the target audience had already taken the four doses of the vaccine against the coronavirus in the capital of São Paulo.

In total, the city of São Paulo had already applied, until Wednesday, almost 32.5 million doses of the immunizer against Covid-19.

In other groups, those aged 12 and over can already receive the third dose (or first booster) of the vaccine.

Children from 5 years of age can also be vaccinated with the first two doses of the vaccine.

The third booster dose (equivalent to the fifth dose) is being administered to people with a high degree of immunosuppression aged 50 years and over. They are patients undergoing cancer treatment, transplant patients, patients undergoing hemodialysis and HIV-positive patients, for example.

​High of cases

The application of the fourth dose of the vaccine begins amid a new high in cases. According to the city hall, the municipal health network has 69% occupancy in the rate of ICU beds (Intensive Care Unit) for patients with Covid-19 in the municipal network.

Bulletin released Sunday (19) shows that the hospitals administered by the city had 354 people hospitalized with the disease. On May 19, there were 110, up 222% in one month.

Amid the growth of Covid-19 cases, the Municipal Health Department announced on the 13th that 50 new beds would be made available to treat patients with the disease or severe acute respiratory syndrome.

Brazil recorded 47 deaths from Covid this Sunday. As a result, the country has a moving average of 133, which represents an increase of 73% compared to two weeks ago. This percentage is the highest since February 10, when the country had an 85% increase in the average number of deaths. In recent days, a gradual increase in the number of deaths has been observed.

The expansion of the fourth dose also comes amid the stagnation of vaccine coverage and the huge amount of vaccines against Covid-19 in stock.

as showed the Sheet, nearly 28 million doses will expire in the next two months. There are at least 26 million Astrazeneca units and 1.92 million Pfizer units.