The slowdown in the arrival of vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna is causing delays in the immunization campaign. Thus, several autonomous communities defend that the AstraZeneca and Janssen vaccines be administered to those under 40 years of age. A possibility that the Ministry of Health does not contemplate.
What age limit does the Janssen vaccine have?
Janssen’s single-dose vaccine began to be used for the group of people over 70 years of age. Subsequently, that age was descending until the decade of the 40 years. A limit that seems immovable for the Ministry of Health. The decision of this restriction is due, as with AstraZeneca, to cases of thrombosis with thrombocytopenia arising as an adverse reaction to the vaccine. In fact, it is investigated in
Which people under 40 will receive Janssen
Update 8 of the Spanish vaccination strategy includes a series of population groups to which Janssen will be administered from the age of 18. In addition, they will be informed of the risks and situations in which medical attention should be sought.
– Vulnerable groups from the social, economic and/or labor point of view (such as the homeless, the fruit and vegetable sector and immigrants without regularization of the administrative situation)
– People difficult to vaccinate (large dependents with difficult accessibility, those with profound autism and mental illness with a high risk of agitation due to their underlying pathology)
– People difficult to recruit for vaccination (sea workers who carry out deep-sea fishing in long-term campaigns and population in internment or sheltered centers)
– Cooperators who go on mission to high-risk countries and people who, due to their activity, will not be in Spain on the dates of the second dose
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