São Paulo, Brazil’s most populous state, applies fourth dose of Covid-19 vaccine

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The government of São Paulo, Brazil’s most populous and wealthiest state, will apply from today, March 21, the fourth dose of the Covid-19 vaccine in people over 80 years of age.

“With the confidence and support of the scientific committee, we move to the fourth dose. The recommendation is that all immunizers available in the network can be applied in this new phase,” said Governor João Doria.

About 900,000 older people will be able to receive the fourth portion, provided they have received the booster, with an interval of four months.

This fourth dose was only offered in Brazil to people with immunosuppression.

Until last Wednesday, the so-called Vaccinometer showed 99.19% of the São Paulo population protected with at least one dose against the disease and 90.11% with the complete vaccination schedule.

With 46 million inhabitants, São Paulo State has distributed 102.4 million doses.

According to figures from the Health Department, in the last six weeks, the region recorded a 77% reduction in admissions to infirmaries and intensive care units.

For this reason, São Paulo and the city of Rio de Janeiro decided to end the mandatory use of masks in open and closed environments, except in public transport and health centers.

Despite these encouraging actions and figures, São Paulo continues to be the epicenter of the pandemic in the country, with 166,658 deaths and 5,182,365 infected.

Overall, Brazil accumulated 657,205 deaths and 29,630,484 cases of the disease.

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