Recife suspends Covid vaccination of 3 and 4 year olds due to lack of doses

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The City Hall of Recife announced on Monday (7) the suspension of vaccination against Covid-19 for children aged 3 and 4 years old. The municipal management alleges that there are missing doses of Coronavac and claims that it has charged the Ministry of Health.

According to the city hall, the suspension affects the application of the first and second doses for this age group and happens “after the Ministry of Health does not send new shipments of the immunizer”.

On October 28, Rio de Janeiro also suspended the vaccination of children aged 3 and 4 years against Covid. The city hall of the capital of Rio de Janeiro also claimed failure to deliver new doses by the federal government.

THE Sheet requested a response from the Ministry of Health on Tuesday afternoon. This text will be updated once the placement is submitted.

Coronavac is the only Covid immunizer currently distributed for use in children aged 3 to 4 years. In September, Anvisa (National Health Surveillance Agency) approved the use of Pfizer’s immunizing agent for the public from 6 months to 4 years of age, but so far, there has been no transfer of this vaccine to Recife.

On social media, the mayor of Recife, João Campos (PSB), criticized the Ministry of Health.

“It is absurd to have to suspend the vaccination of this group for lack of national planning in the acquisition and distribution of vaccines”, he wrote. “When the vaccine arrives, Recife advances! We have already shown how we know how to do it, now we need planning and national action”, he added.

The last doses of Coronavac that were in the stock of the Health Department of Recife were used on Sunday (6), informed the folder.

Until the second (7), 9,009 children aged 3 and 4 years were vaccinated in the capital of Pernambuco with the first dose against Covid, which represents 20.87% of vaccine coverage. Of this total, 3,197 (7.40%) have already received the second dose and completed the vaccination schedule.

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