Andalusians who have turned 51, 50 or 49 years old during 2021, that is, those born in 1970, 1971 and 1972, will be able to make an appointment for the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine as of this Tuesday. announced this day the Minister of Health and Families of the Board, Jesús Aguirre, in a ceremony in Granada, so that the vaccination strategy of the Andalusian Government will also reach those under 50 years of age this week. Andalusia plans to administer a total of 800,000 doses of the coronavirus vaccine. Until this Sunday, May 30, a total of 1,623,607 Andalusians have the complete vaccination schedule, 23% of the population over 16 years of age How to make an appointment You can do it directly on the website of the Andalusian Health Service, through from the Salud Responde mobile application and phone, and also at your health center, preferably by phone. Immunization for this age group will be carried out mainly with Pfizer and Moderna. The possibility of making an appointment directly is thus expanded for people between 49 and 59 years old (born between 1962 and 1972), as well as for those aged 68 or over (born in 1953 and previous years). de Salud y Familias advances a step further in the Vaccination Strategy by facilitating direct citation for these age cohorts, an option that will be gradually opened to the rest of the ages at a minimum rate of two or three years per week, although it could increase “Said the counselor. The number of appointments will be adjusted according to the available doses.The appointment for the first vaccination dose is available to people registered in the SAS User Database, regardless of whether they have public or private insurance. People who have had the disease must wait six months from the diagnosis of the infection to be able to make an appointment.As for the appointment for the administration of the second dose, it cannot be requested through these routes and it will be facilitated in most cases at the time of vaccination or will be communicated later by your health center. Recruitment of people over 58 The Vaccination Strategy continues to complete the vaccination of people between 60 and 69. People between 60 and 67 years (born between 1961 and 1952) They are called for vaccination by phone call or SMS, since this age group does not have an appointment request enabled. As a novelty, tomorrow the recapture of this age cut will begin with telephone calls. In addition, and like those over 58 who have not been cited for not having updated data in the SAS database or by another type of incidence people from 60 to 67 have the option of contacting the SAS to obtain an appointment for vaccination through the telephone numbers provided for this purpose. These lines are served from each center and have been specifically reinforced. These telephone numbers are published on the SAS website, where there is a specific section on citation and Covid-19 vaccination with updated information that can be consulted here. Second dose to personnel Vaccination with AstraZeneca or Pfizer began last week for people under 60 years of age from essential professional groups who have already received a first dose of AstraZeneca.The vaccination of these 259,071 professionals started with those who have been waiting for more than twelve weeks and will continue until the group is completed in the coming weeks. Jesús Aguirre explained that “this group of essentials opted for the Astra preparation last week for the most part. Specifically, 53,124 essential patients under 60 years of age were vaccinated, choosing a second dose with AstraZeneca 50,897 (95.8%) and 2,227 (4.2%), Pfizer ». This week, Andalusia expects to receive 843,080 doses: 484,380 from Pfizer, 55,000 from Moderna, 64,700 doses from Janssen and 239,000 from AstraZeneca.
