February 7th, 2021 – Croatian epidemiologist Iva Pem Novosel from the Croatian Institute of Public Health answered several questions for HTV after 16,800 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine reached Croatia and the Croatian vaccination process hopes to ramp up.
As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, this is only the first lottery, and by the end of the month, more than 150,000 more doses will reach, according to HTV.
“Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are also coming in, so we will finally have a sufficient number of vaccines and we can finally start the second phase of the national plan to implement a new coronavirus vaccine. , “the Novosel told HTV.
Protection against a more severe form of coronavirus and death
They are expected to be distributed by county, as the Croatian vaccination process will begin first in GP / GP offices or at vaccination points, where citizens will be informed. Some European countries have decided not to vaccinate people over 65 with the AstraZeneca vaccine, but in Croatia they say such a move is not necessary.
The reason for that is too little research and enough information about the effectiveness of the vaccine itself. Everyone who has decided to get another coronavirus vaccine can do so but must wait until other doses of the vaccine you want arrive.
“Of course, they will be able to wait for another vaccine, but there is also a lot of misunderstanding. The effectiveness of the vaccine in the elderly does not mean that it is lower. Any vaccine that is given to older people means a bit of a weaker immune response.This is common knowledge, so that is true of any vaccine manufacturer.As for the AstraZeneca vaccine in the older age group, a sample was too The efficacy obtained cannot be properly explained, so we expect it to boast the same efficacy as in the other age groups, ” Pem Novosel explained.
In some counties, in addition to GP offices, special vaccination points are set up in coordination with the Ministry of Health. It was said that doctors from the Ministry of Health had received a letter that specific vaccination points would be set up, and that mobile teams would be formed for that very purpose, and that fewer people would be vaccination in the surgeries themselves.
At the Ministry of Health level, a special platform is also being set up with which everyone who has not been in contact with their GPs can apply for a vaccine while it is being distributed throughout of the country.
With regard to the AstraZeneca vaccine itself, we know that it is prescribed for those over eighteen years of age, and has 60 percent effectiveness in preventing the disease, but also did not improve its all who were vaccinated had a more severe form of the disease, and none were hospitalized.
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