According to the guidance of National Immunization Plan (PNI), a new vaccination strategy is started in the municipality. At this stage, the vaccine against Covid-19 from the Pfizer Bivalent laboratory is being introduced.
As of this Wednesday, the 22nd, Health Surveillance is already making doses of the vaccine available to Health Units (ESFs), which will carry out the bivalent vaccination against Covid in people over 70 years of age and who have received the last dose some time ago. minimum 4 months.
The orientation is that the target population of this first stage should contact the health unit in their neighborhood to verify the day of application of the doses. You will only receive the bivalent vaccine, people who carried out the primary scheme, that is: Dose 1 + Dose 2 in an interval of at least 4 months.
Next Friday, the 24th, the vaccination of people living in long-term care facilities for the elderly (ILPIs) is already scheduled.
BIVALENT VACIN
The bivalent vaccine, produced by Pfizer, was specially produced on top of two variants of Ômicron, from the last big wave we had in Brazil and which until today are responsible for the largest number of cases. The flasks are different from the others because they have a gray lid. The monovalent is the vaccine that has been used throughout the pandemic.
