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Comisión Nacional aprueba uso de vacuna de AstraZeneca

Será aplicada a personas mayores de 18 años, con una diferencia de 12 semanas entre la primera dosis y la segunda; grupo 2 seguiría siendo inoculado únicamente con la de Pfizer.

(FILES) In this file photo a medical worker holds a vial of the AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19 on March 24, 2021 at a vaccination hub outside Rome's Termini railway station, as the vaccination campaign continues despite delays across the country . - AstraZeneca has said it is standing by its coronavirus vaccine after a US agency raised concerns about trial results that showed the shot to be highly effective in preventing Covid-19. As immunization programs gather pace around the world, another vaccine ran into trouble on March 24, 2021 when Hong Kong and Macau suspended the Pfizer-BioNTech jab over what authorities said were packaging problems. (Photo by ANDREAS SOLARO / AFP)
(FILES) In this file photo a medical worker holds a vial of the AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19 on March 24, 2021 at a vaccination hub outside Rome's Termini railway station, as the vaccination campaign continues despite delays across the country . - AstraZeneca has said it is standing by its coronavirus vaccine after a US agency raised concerns about trial results that showed the shot to be highly effective in preventing Covid-19. As immunization programs gather pace around the world, another vaccine ran into trouble on March 24, 2021 when Hong Kong and Macau suspended the Pfizer-BioNTech jab over what authorities said were packaging problems. (Photo by ANDREAS SOLARO / AFP) ANDREAS SOLARO
Costa Rica recibió sus primeras 43.200 dosis de la vacuna de AstraZeneca la mañana de este miércoles. Estas forman parte del acuerdo con el mecanismo COVAX. Fotografía: AFP (ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP)

La vacuna de la farmacéutica AstraZeneca ya se puede aplicar en Costa Rica.

La Comisión Nacional de Vacunación y Epidemiología (CNVE), del Ministerio de Salud, aprobó el uso de este fármaco en el país en personas mayores de 18 años, de ambos sexos.

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