05/27/2021 6:00 AM
Clarín.com
Cities
Updated 05/27/2021 6:00 AM
In the City of Buenos Aires, people over 80 years of age are already being vaccinated with the second dose of AztraZeneca.
The application started this Tuesday and 11,000 shifts were opened to complete the scheme of those who received the first dose of this vaccine between the end of February and the beginning of March.
This Sunday, as emails arrived with the possibility of choosing a shift for the second dose, it was celebrated in many families.
Waiting for the time of the immunization against the coronavirus generates anxiety and the possibility that it will take place through obtaining an appointment with a date, time and location produces relief.
But in some people over 80 years of age, receiving the news that they could already request an appointment for the second dose caused concern, since
the inoculation coincided with the application of the influenza or pneumococcal vaccine
.
Or there was no minimum interval of 15 days between the application of these vaccines and the second dose against the Covid 19 infection.
The particularity of this year is that the flu vaccination is being carried out
at the same time
as the vaccination campaign against Covid-19.
What do you do then?
The La Rural vaccination center.
These days, those who were vaccinated between February and March are taking turns to give the second doses.
Photo Juano Tesone
If the call for the second dose
coincides with the application of other vaccines
or occurs when the 15 days apart have not yet been met, the person should not take the turn.
"We are going to offer him another until the second dose can be applied," the City Health Ministry told Clarín.
They also specified that
it is not necessary for the person to register again
or go to a vaccination post to ask to reserve a shift.
The indication is to
wait until receiving a new email, call or notice
to request an appointment for the second dose.
The indication to separate the vaccines is supported by the fact that there is
still a lack of evidence regarding whether they can be administered together
since it also seeks to differentiate the possible adverse events of one or the other.
Along with how to order the vaccines against the coronavirus, flu and pneumococcus, another question that arose among those who today are being summoned for the application of the second dose is
what they will be vaccinated with
.
The Sputnik vaccine V. Photo Andrés D'Elía
Both AstraZeneca and Covishield correspond to the same vaccine (ChAdOx1-S), but they are from different producing laboratories.
This allows them to be combined in use
.
So if a person received Covishield - AstraZeneca produced in India - as their first dose, they can receive the second dose of AstraZeneca vaccine produced elsewhere.
In contrast, Sputnik V cannot be combined with others.
This vaccine is based on two doses administered with different inactivated viruses, known as vectors.
In other words, the second dose is different from the first and both are necessary to reach the 91% effectiveness offered by this vaccine.
