Director-General of the Department of Disease Control clarifies and adjusts the method of vaccination against COVID It is a cross formula for the whole country, pointing to inject Sinovac, followed by AstraZeneca. Immunity as high as 2 injections of AstraZeneca, but takes faster.
(Sept. 11) Dr. Opas Karnkawinpong Director-General of the Department of Disease Control Mention the case of Siriraj Hospital. Issue announcement explaining vaccination against COVID-19 from before will inject 2 doses of AstraZeneca formula, change to cross formula, Sinovac and AstraZeneca. to comply with the policy of the Ministry of Public Health
Dr. Opas confirmed that there was no issue. Only Siriraj Hospital Depending on the quota of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), when switching to cross-recipe SA injections, the 1st needle is Sinovac, and 3 weeks later, the 2nd injection is AstraZeneca. to provide immunity to diseases that occur faster Two AstraZeneca injections taken 12 weeks apart were changed accordingly by the hospital.
Director-General of the Department of Disease Control also said that from a study of the results of cross-injection SA formula, it was found that the efficiency in building immunity is high. This is equivalent to 2 AstraZeneca injections, but takes a shorter time. with the current epidemic situation Most of them are mutated coronaviruses. Delta species Because it takes more than 12 weeks, a cross-injection formula is not used. to speed up building immunity for the people
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