Mayabeque, Cuba: The booster dose against the coronavirus will be applied to the population of Jaruco as of next January, the Advisor of the Immunization Program in the municipality, Sibil Misas Vega, announced.
She specified that a dose of the Cuban Soberana Plus vaccine will be administered to people who were vaccinated three months ago and did not become ill with COVID-19.
In the case of convalescents, they must wait six months after their immunization, the health authorities specify.
The measure responds to a strategy of the Ministry of Public Health to reinforce the protection of the Cuban population against the rapid spread in the world of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus.
The mass vaccination campaign is the key to curbing the infection in the opinion of experts from around the world, and proof of this is the drastic decrease in positive cases in the country since mid-October.
Since November 25 in Jaruco no new autochthonous infections have been reported, while on December 22 the first imported case was registered in the doctor?s office nine of the municipality.
This is a traveler from the United States who has been admitted since December 19 with a favorable condition, the International Health Control Specialist of Jaruco, Dr. Idania Pérez González, added.
She stressed that his contacts were identified and isolated in the health area, while applying the corresponding epidemiological protocols.
Meanwhile, in the municipality, convalescents, both adults and the pediatric population, diagnosed with the real-time PCR test sixty days ago or more are vaccinated with the Sovereign plus.
The objective is to immunize before December 31st the population that is pending the processes that began in September, the Advisor of the Immunization Program Sibil Misas Vega, stressed.
The booster vaccination began in Jaruco on November 18 with Public Health workers.
