Saba ta bay cuminsa cu su campaña di vacunacion di refuerso di COVID-19. Otro siman 8 di december lo cuminsa cu e recidente nan di 60+.
Departamento di salud publico di Saba ya caba a cuminsa yama y tuma contacto cu e grupo vunerabel aki pa asina duna nan cita pa nan por bin pasa e vacuna di resfuerso Moderna. E luga unda cu e vacunacion ta tuma luga na e bahia di ambulance na e clinica Saba Cares en The Bottom. E campaña di vacunacion ta keda dirigi dor di e ekipo di vacunacion cu ta miembro di Saba Cares y departamento di salud publico.
Habitantenan di Saba cu un sistema inmunologico grave y abao ya caba nan a ricibi e di tres vacuna . E grupo aki ta considera debi cu nan tin un sistema abao nan ta mas den risico y cu nan ta personanan cu por keda afecta mas lihe cu un persona cu tin nan sistema di inmunologico normal.
E funcionarionan di salud publico di Saba ta duna di conoce cu e personanan cu ta bay ricibi e vacuna pa di tres biaha of esun di refuerso ,independiente di e vacuna di COVID-19 cu nan a ricibi prome no lo tin problema. Sinembargo mester tin un plaso di 6 luna cu a haya e ultimo vacuna di COVID -19. Tambe departamento di salud publico di Saba ta duna di conoce cu pa e personanan cu a ricibi e vacunanan regular contra di e griep nan lo por acudi despues di dos siman cu nan a ricibi e vacuna di griep pa por haya e vacuna di refuerso di COVID-19.
E vacuna di refuerso cada persona lo ricibi mita di e dosis di Moderna cu a keda duna ya caba den e prome y e di dos vacuna. Segun e expertonan mita di e dosis mes ta bon pa duna e proteccion nesesario. E refuerso por produci efectonan secundario despues di un refuerso manera cu ya caba a sosode cu e di prome y e di dos dosis di vacuna anteriormente.
E ciudadanonan mas hoben lo ricibi informacion despues na ki momento e grupo aki ta yega na remarca pa cuminsa haya e vacuna. Salubridad publico di Saba lo duna informacion ki dia y na unda esaki lo sosode. Saba tin un cantidad 1455 perosona mayor di edad, mas grandi di 18 anja ta den careda di 90% di e poblacion cu ta completamente vacuna y di e totalidad un cantidad di 380 perosona ta 60%.
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Saba starts COVID-19 booster campaign Dec. 8
Saba will start its booster COVID-19 vaccination campaign next week Wednesday, December 8 with the vaccination of residents age 60 and older.
The Public Health Department has been contacting persons age 60 and up for an appointment to get their booster vaccination with the Moderna vaccine. The vaccination location will be the ambulance bay at the Saba Cares Clinic in The Bottom. The vaccination campaign is coordinated by the Vaccine Management Team with members of Saba Cares and the Public Health Department.
Saba residents with severely compromised immune system have already received a third dose of the vaccine, deemed necessary because in some persons with a low immune system, two full doses of the vaccine might not be as effective as in persons with a normal immune system.
Public health officials pointed out that it is completely safe for people to receive the vaccine for the third or booster vaccination, regardless of the type of COVID-19 vaccine that they received earlier. There should be at least six months between the last COVID-19 vaccination and the booster. For those persons receiving the regular flu shot, there should be two weeks between the regular flu shot and the COVID-19 booster.
For the booster vaccination, people receive half of the Moderna dose that was given in the first and second shot. Half a dose is sufficient to sustain protection against COVID-19. booster Side-effects may occur after a booster, as this can also be the case after the first and second dose.
Persons under 60 will receive more information about when and where the booster will be given.
Saba has a very high vaccination coverage: 1,455 persons age 18 and up, some 90 per cent of the population, are fully vaccinated. Of this number, 380 persons are 60 years and older.
