Venezuela immunizes children from 2 years of age with the Cuban Sovereign II vaccine against coronavirus

Venezuela began this Monday to immunize against coronavirus covid-19 to children between 2 and 11 years old with the Cuban Soberana II vaccine, and plans to authorize in the coming days the other drug from the Caribbean island, Abdala, and one of the doses from China, reported the executive vice president, Delcy Rodríguez.

“We must say, with absolute security and certainty, that we have to vaccinate all our people from two years of age, and we are beginning today to vaccinate children from two years to 11 years old who are and we must strengthen their capacity and immune response to covid-19 disease ″, Rodríguez said in transmission on the state channel VTV.

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Rodríguez was in a school where the immunization of elementary school children was observed and after being asked about the vaccine applied, she said that in “Venezuela the vaccine has already been authorized Soberana II, a vaccine of Cuba to vaccinate children between 2 and 11 years old and this week, in the next few hours, permission to use the Cuban vaccine will also be given Abdala and a Chinese vaccine ”.

“We are vaccinating, at this time, throughout the capital region, as I said, starting with children from 2 to 11 years old who may have some type of immune disability that may have a weakened immune system, for example, children with some disease. kidney, some type of disease that compromises your immune system ”, added.

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However, Efe visited several schools and vaccination centers during the morning of this Monday and, in some, the authorities indicated that they were not yet vaccinating children under 12 years old, while others assured that they were waiting for the children for the afternoon.

The Venezuelan President, Nicolas Maduro, He had already advanced on Sunday that he would begin vaccinating two-year-old children, although he did not offer details about the inoculation.

Although the main medical NGOs and health unions demand an acceleration in the vaccination process against covid-19, they have also spoken out against the application of Cuban vaccines because they still do not have the endorsement of the World Organization of the Health (WHO).

The vaccination process against covid-19 in Venezuela It has accelerated in the last month with the arrival of several batches from Sputnik, Sinovac -through the Covax mechanism-, and from the Chinese Sinopharm.

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