The Ministry of Health of the Government of the Canary Islands has started this Sunday, January 17, throughout the Archipelago, the administration of the second dose of the vaccine against COVID-19 to the members of vaccination group 1, that is, users and workers of social health centers.
This process begins this Sunday, 21 days after the administration of the first dose. Thus, during the morning of this Sunday, the same 360 people who received the first dose on December 27 have been vaccinated.
On this day, residents and workers of the Hospital Nuestra Señora de Los Dolores, in Tenerife, have been vaccinated; of the El Pino social health center, in Gran Canaria; of the Casillas de Ángel Residence for the Elderly, in Fuerteventura; of the Amavir Haría and Las Cabreras Dr. Domingo Guzmán Residence for the Elderly, in Lanzarote; of the Nina Jaubert centers for the elderly and disabled, in La Palma; of the Inmaculada Concepción Center for the Elderly, in La Gomera, and of the El Pinar Center for the Elderly, in El Hierro.
By islands, and as happened on the first day of vaccination, 90 people have been vaccinated in Tenerife, 25 in Gran Canaria, 60 in Fuerteventura, 65 in Lanzarote, 60 in La Palma, 40 people in La Gomera and 20 in El Hierro.
The administration of this second dose, as happened with the first, is carried out in collaboration with the Ministry of Social Rights and all the Island Councils.
According to the protocol, the vaccine is administered in a regimen of 2 doses separated by 21 days. In this context, the Ministry of Health recalls that immunity against COVID-19 will occur seven days after the inoculation of the second dose.
Vaccination in groups 1 and 2
Until yesterday, 42,024 vaccines had been administered in the Canary Islands out of the 44,040 received, which represents 95.42 percent. These figures include those inoculated to users and workers of social health centers and to the staff of the Canarian Health Service (SCS).
Vaccination with the first dose of group 1 was completed last Thursday, reaching a vaccination rate until yesterday of 99.16 percent, since 16,942 people were vaccinated out of the 17,086 that make up the target population of this group.
Regarding coverage in group 2, that of SCS professionals, until yesterday Saturday 24,868 of the 32,000 people that make up the target population had been vaccinated, that is, 77.71 percent of the total.
Only yesterday Saturday, January 16, 2,674 vaccines against COVID-19 were administered throughout the Canary Islands among the people who make up group II.
New shipment
In addition, the SCS announces that a new shipment of vaccines will arrive in the Canary Islands tomorrow Monday, which will allow progress to continue in the vaccination of people who make up the groups established according to the calendar.
In this way, next week the SCS professionals will continue to be vaccinated and the vaccine will begin to be administered to vaccination group 3, that is, dependents who live in their homes, who in the Canary Islands are more than 12,000 people.
The SCS reiterates that vaccines are guaranteed to be able to undertake the process of administering the second dose to the entire vaccination group 1 and continue with the established strategy.
Maintenance of preventive measures
The Ministry of Health insists that until herd immunity is achieved, security measures must continue to be extreme, since the immunized person could transport and spread the virus.
Therefore, until a significant proportion of the population is vaccinated, it is essential that all people, both vaccinated and unvaccinated, continue to maintain prevention measures: mask, hand hygiene, interpersonal distance, limit the number of people with whom we interact, always choose outdoors or well-ventilated spaces whenever possible, stay at home if you have symptoms, are waiting for the result of a diagnostic test or have had contact with someone with COVID-19.
