More than 18 million have yet to take a second dose against Covid

Data from the Ministry of Health show that 18.1 million Brazilians did not show up to take the second dose of the Covid vaccine.

According to the folder, these people have already reached the maximum interval between doses, which is five months for Pfizer and AstraZeneca immunizers and 21 days for Coronavac. In the state of São Paulo, the interval between doses of Pfizer is eight weeks (about two months).

If the interval between doses had been fulfilled, Brazil would already have more than 88% of the target audience with at least two doses of vaccines or a single dose.

The initial primary vaccination schedule against Covid, consisting of two doses of Pfizer, AstraZeneca and Coronavac vaccines and a single dose of Janssen, is still recommended to ensure the safety and efficacy of immunizers, thus achieving the protection found in scientific studies of vaccines. .

With the arrival of the omnipresent, more transmissible and with the potential to partially escape the protective action of vaccines, specialists began to recommend, however, a third dose to increase protection, especially against infection.

The protection afforded by two doses of vaccines remains effective against hospitalization and death, but an additional dose is still recommended.

Last Friday (8), Brazil completed seven days with the moving average of deaths below 200. Despite the improvement in the epidemiological moment in the country, experts suggest that the use of masks in closed environments, such as schools and hospitals, must be kept.

So far, Brazil has registered more than 338 million doses of vaccines applied, with 176,138,996 first doses and 161,930,031 second doses or single doses. Thus, the country reached 84.2% of the population with at least one dose of the vaccine and 75.4% with two doses or a single dose. With vaccine booster, there are already more than 80 million doses applied, and about 37.7% of the population.

Even the little ones must protect themselves against Covid-19. Childhood vaccination has been authorized in the country since January 17 for children aged 5 to 11 years. The vaccination coverage rate in this group is 54% for the first dose and 19.3% for the second.