We think less and less about COVID-19. Even monkeypox has given us a new disease to worry about. However, the fact that we do not think about the pandemic as much as before does not mean that its cause has disappeared. That is why, from the Government of Spain are already planning the administration of a fourth dose of coronavirus vaccines for the entire population.
This process was carried out months ago in highly vulnerable patients. However, the general population remained in the third. At that time there was talk that perhaps we should receive an annual dose, as with the flu vaccine. However, we have had no further information since then.
Now, the Minister of Health of the Government of Spain, Carolina Darias, has announced that, although there is no date yet, it is already a firm decision. As reported from The sixth, it is considered that the administration of this new dose of the coronavirus vaccines will begin to be organized in the fallbecause by then we could already have some options adapted to the new variants.
This news comes just as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the United States has given the green light for the administration of coronavirus vaccines to children under 5 years old.
In Europe, however, the minimum age remains unchanged, so in Spain the only update would be that fourth dose of coronavirus vaccines to the general population over 5 years of age.
No information has been given either on what the chosen vaccines. Everything will depend on which ones have received approval for administration at the time the new vaccination campaign.
At the moment the arrival of the first nasal vaccine against the coronavirus, since much greater protection would be achieved, by generating immunity right from the entrance door of the pathogen.
Meanwhile, even some of the companies whose vaccines are already being administered have announced that they are finishing improving them to make them more effective against the new variants of the virus. virus that causes COVID-19. There are many questions and only one certainty: it seems that we still have many vaccines ahead of us. As long as it is under the umbrella of scientific evidence, they are welcome.