AstraZeneca Andalucía: Andalusians trust the AstraZeneca vaccine and 99% choose to repeat the manufacturer for the second dose

The vast majority of Andalusians are opting for AstraZeneca doses for the second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, thus discarding the option of the pharmaceutical company Pfizer and demonstrating their confidence in British laboratories. the Councilor for Health and Families of the Junta, Jesús Aguirre, “currently 99% of the Andalusian population has voluntarily assumed AstraZeneca as a second vaccination.” Likewise, on essential professionals under 60 years of age who received the first AstraZeneca dose without informed consent, Aguirre pointed out that “16 weeks have passed and some four weeks ago that they should have been given the second dose and they have not been given”, to add that “they have all the reports of the companies scientists saying that those who have been given the first AstraZeneca should be given the second one “from the same manufacturer.” The European Medicines Agency and the Spanish also recommend hen that the second vaccine is from AstraZeneca, we have the experience of more than 20,000 million in the United Kingdom with the second dose of this vaccine, and, in addition, the position of the Council has always been that instead of having 200,000 vaccines in the fridge put the second AstraZeneca and we have said so in the Interterritorial Council of the National Health System “, he pointed out. Those over 40, vaccinated by July Aguirre has stressed that the vaccination strategy of the Board includes that” coverage of at least one dose in 100% of the population over 40 years before the start of July “, while underlining that” we continue to lead the rate of vaccination in Spain and we are increasingly close to group immunity ” .Until this Wednesday, May 26, the Andalusian Government has administered a total of 4,436,984 doses of the vaccine against Covid-19 -99,369 more in 24 hours and a daily record of doses administered-, which represents 98.09% of doses received, and a total of 1,500,038 Andalusians have the complete vaccination schedule -41,837 more than a day ago-, while 3,028,748 already have at least one dose. With these figures, Andalusia registered 42.9% of those over 16 years of age vaccinated with a dose -percentage that drops to 35.8% in relation to the population as a whole- and 21.2% with the complete schedule in relation to the population over 16 years of age, 17 , 7% if compared with the entire population Vaccination plan In addition, the director of the Strategic Vaccination Plan of the autonomous government, David Moreno, in statements to Canal Sur Televisión, highlighted this Thursday that 90% of essential professionals under 60 years of age are choosing AstraZeneca as a second dose over Pfizer to thus complete the vaccination regimen with the same manufacturer. Moreno explained that in the event that they do not want to sign the consent “they are vaccinated, their choice is noted in their records, or AstraZeneca or Pfizer, and that they do not sign the consent”, but “what we are not going to do is that a person leaves without vaccinating for not signing that document. In addition, he pointed out that the communities are beginning to speak to organize the administration of vaccines taking into account the high mobility that will occur in the summer months. “We can receive people from other communities, we must count and fine-tune everything very well,” he said.In addition, he has indicated that “the small print of the digital green certificate is not yet defined”, but everything indicates that a dose will be able to travel. Asked about adolescents between 12 and 16 years of age, he explained that “the idea is that in mid-September the kids have two doses given before entering the institute” once they finish vaccinating those over 16 years of age in mid-September. August taking into account that those under 65 who have passed the Covid are only administered one dose.