Covid-19: Rio de Janeiro wants to vaccinate all those over 60 with 3rd dose by October 30

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – On the same day that vaccination of 17-year-old adolescents against the Covid-19 began, the Rio de Janeiro city government announced on the evening of August 26 the vaccination schedule for adolescents 12 years and older, and for seniors 60 years and older

Adolescents can take the first dose until Sept. 14, while the elderly can receive the third dose, called a booster, from September 1 to October 30. Only older people who took the second dose at least six months ago will be eligible for the booster.

Next week, 16-year-old girls will be vaccinated (August 30), boys of that age (August 31), on Wednesday (September 1) there will be a make-up for those 16 and older who missed the first availability, on Thursday (September 2) it will be the turn of 15-year-old girls, and on Friday (September 3) boys of that age.

On Thursday girls age 17 were vaccinated , this Friday, 27 will be the turn of boys of that age, and on Saturday, 28, there will be a make-up for those age 17 or more. Due to uncertainty about the delivery of vaccine doses by the Ministry of Health, the city administration had confirmed only this part of the vaccination schedule.

But on Thursday evening, Mayor Eduardo Paes (PSD) announced via Twitter that on Saturday next week (4), there will be a final call for people age 15 and older.

On Monday (6) it will be the turn of girls age 14 and older, on Wednesday (8) boys of that age, on Thursday (9) girls 13 and older, on Friday (10) boys of that age and Saturday is the final day for all those who are age 13 or more.

On Monday (13), girls age 12 will be vaccinated, and on Tuesday (14), adolescent vaccination will end for boys age 12.

OLDER PEOPLE

Administration of the booster dose to the elderly begins September 1 and, for the first 10 days, will apply only to residents of long-term care facilities such as nursing homes and homes for the elderly.

On September 13, vaccination will begin for all seniors 95 years of age and older; on September 14, seniors 94 years of age and older will have their turn; and so on, with age being lowered by one year each day from Monday through Saturday, until October 22, when seniors 62 years of age and older will have their turn.

On October 23, vaccination will continue for those age 62, and those age 61 have three days to be vaccinated (25, 26, and 27 October). For the elderly over 60 years, there are also three days (October 28, 29, and 30) to be treated, including the elderly people who have not yet received a booster dose.

Thus, City Hall foresees that by October 30, all the elderly will have received the third dose of vaccination.