With the arrival of the AstraZeneca vaccine and its limitations, the Vaccination Strategy against COVID19 in Spain has been updated and new groups will be protected. Here all the doubts about how the immunization is for the next few weeks. Starting today, more than 701,000 doses will be distributed to increase the speed of vaccination.
WHAT ARE THE NEW ESTABLISHED BY THE NEW VACCINATION HEALTH STRATEGY?
under the heading Other health and social health personnel, the following are specified Previously defined in Update 2 of the strategy. It includes the following active professional’s Hospital personnel primary care, not considered first-line depending on the risk of exposure from work activity and the possibility of adopting adequate protection measures. In other areas, dental hygiene and other health personnel who regularly care for patients without a mask will be vaccinated for a period of more than 15 minutes. Active personnel of the groups listed below, depending on the risk of exposure from the work activity and the possibility of adopting the appropriate protection measures.
Personnel of the public health services involved in the management and response to the pandemic who have not been vaccinated in Health and social health personnel not previously vaccinated, including health inspection services, legal and forensic medicine, private medical consultations, home help services, centers for minors and day centers or equivalent, as well as health and social health students who carry out clinical practices.
Health personnel from the following physiotherapists and occupational therapists, pharmacy office personnel, dental technicians speech therapists, and clinical psychology personnel. The rest of the health personnel will be vaccinated later.
Penitentiary institution workers (IIPP).Active groups with an essential function for society.Security Forces and Bodies, Emergencies and Armed Forces. Includes Civil Guard, National, Autonomous and Local Police, Firefighters, Security Forces and Bodie’s technicians, Civil Protection Emergency and Armed Forces professionals. Teachers and staff of early childhood education and special educational needs including both teachers and other professionals who serve students.Teachers and staff of primary and secondary education.
Active personnel of the groups mentioned above, depending on the risk of exposure from work activity and the possibility of adopting adequate protection measures. Due to organizational and feasibility reasons, the vaccination of the groups included in may overlap Collectives with an essential function for society, defined above. Due to organizational reasons, the immunization of the groups included in it may also overlap. The vaccination schedule will be two doses with a separation between them of 10 and 12 weeks.
WHO CANNOT GET THE ASTRAZENECA VACCINE?
Its use has been ruled out in those over 56 years of age the minimum age is 18 years and vulnerable patients in those with severe immunosuppression including cancer undergoing chemotherapy uncontrolled cardiovascular disease and liver-kidney metabolic endocrine, or neurological disease serious.
WHAT ABOUT THE BAND OF THAT ARE OVER 55 YEARS OLD?
People with vulnerable pathologies and born in 1965 or earlier will be vaccinated later when appropriate by age group and/or risk condition with the most suitable vaccine based on the availability of vaccines and the new evidence available. They would join those of Pfizer and Moderna.
WHAT ARE THE PREVIOUS GROUPS THAT CONTINUE TO RECEIVE THE PFIZER-BIOTECH AND MODERNA VACCINES?
These anticovid options have similar characteristics and will be reserved to vaccinate the following prioritized Residents and health and social health personnel who work in homes for the elderly and care for large dependent front-line personnel in the health and social health field other health and social health personnel. Professionals from the hospital and primary care settings not considered in and dental hygiene, and other health personnel who care for patients without a mask and for a time greater than 15 minutes4. People considered highly dependent degree III dependencies that are in need of intense support measures who are not currently institutionalized5? People aged 80 and over (born in 1941 and previous years.
WHAT ABOUT PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALREADY PASSED THE INFECTION AND HAVE ANTIBODIES
The vaccination of those without a history of COVID-19 should be prioritized, it is recommended for the moment to act like this in those belonging to this first-line health personnel other health and social-health personnel and groups with essential function for society Postpone vaccination until 6 months after diagnosis of infection in personnel up to 55 years of age without risk conditions with a history of asymptomatic or symptomatic infection and regardless of severity. In people, over 55 years of age or with risk factors the same will be done as in those without a history of. In children under 55 years of age without risk conditions diagnosed with the infection after the first dose of any of the three currently available vaccines postpone the second dose for 6 months after diagnosis.
