People aged 35 and over without a scheduled vaccination can go, from today, 20 July, to the “open house” centers to receive the first dose of the vaccine against covid-19, announced the task force.
«The “open house” modality is available, as of today, for the vaccination of first doses of users who are not scheduled, aged 35 years or over and who have not been infected with Covid-19 in the past six months», the structure responsible for the vaccination process said in a statement.
According to task force, whoever chooses to be vaccinated in this modality will receive the Janssen vaccine, in a single dose, «users must take into account the stipulated» in the norm of the General Directorate of Health, which recommends the administration of this vaccine to men aged 18 or over and to women aged 50 and over.
«Since the 19th of July, the “open house” modality is subject to the use of the Janssen vaccine», said the structure led by Vice Admiral Gouveia e Melo.
A task force he also recalled that people who have not received the second dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine do not need to make an appointment for the second dose, they just need to go to the respective center at the specific time for this type of vaccination.
According to task force, users in this situation, and who have not yet been contacted by the health services, can "proactively go to the same Covid-19 vaccination center (CVC) where they took the first dose" to receive the second dose.
In June, the Directorate-General for Health (DGS) decided to reduce the interval for taking the second dose of Astrazeneca vaccine from 12 to eight weeks to ensure “faster protection” against the transmission of new “concern variants” of the virus SARS-CoV-2.
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