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Posted on 03/26/2021 11:50 AM / Updated 03/26/2021 12:31 PM
The vaccination would begin on Saturday (27/3), but Ibaneis anticipated it at 2 pm this Friday (26/3) –
Governor Ibaneis Rocha (MDB) declared to the post Office who decided to anticipate the vaccination against the covid-19 of the elderly of 67 and 68 years at 2:00 pm this Friday (26/3). Previously, it had announced that the target audience expansion would begin on Saturday (3/27). With that, people in this age group can go to health centers, and it is not necessary to schedule vaccination.
Previously, the vaccination of health professionals from the private network and registered in class councils, servers of the Medical Legal Institute (IML), funeral directors, for example, was also started. This audience, estimated at 98,500 people, had to make an appointment to receive the doses. In this first stage, which runs until March 30, 28 thousand will be immunized.
According to an estimate by the Federal District Planning Company (Codeplan), the DF has 17,581 67-year-olds and 16,470 68-year-olds. The Secretary of Health, Osnei Okumoto, asks the population to calm down and guarantees that there are doses for everyone in the priority group. “We are expanding vaccination and reaching more people every week. Those who cannot go today do not worry because we will have open points on Saturday, Sunday and during the week, ”explains the secretary. He recalled that this is a determination of Governor Ibaneis Rocha so that the greater public is contemplated with agility.
Vaccination points
The vaccine will be available at 50 vaccination points, 15 of which are self-service. To be vaccinated, just bring your photo ID, CPF and vaccination card. If you do not have the vaccination record, a new one will be issued.
It is not necessary to schedule an appointment. The points will work until 5 in the afternoon and the professionals will immunize everyone who arrives at the site, as long as they are 67 years old or older. The vaccination will also be extended during the weekend, in three points: Parque da Cidade, parking lot 13, Shopping Iguatemi and Faculdade Unieuro, in Águas Claras.
Vaccination in Mexico City
To date, 237,417 people have been vaccinated with the first dose in the Federal District and 71,719 have received the booster. A total of 446,410 doses were received, 372,160 of the CoronaVac vaccine, produced by the Butantan Institute in partnership with the pharmaceutical company Sinovac and 74,250 of the Covishield vaccine, developed by the University of Oxford, in partnership with the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca.
The Central Sanitary Region was the one that vaccinated the most, so far, with 72,525 doses applied, followed by the Southwest Region, which applied 41,471 doses. The data are from the Vaccinometer of the Department of Health and consider the application of the first dose. The second dose was applied to 20,610 people in the Central Region and 13,538 in the Southwest Health Region.
