Identification of 26 cases of omicron in Iran so far / People must inject the third dose

According to Fars News Agency, Mehdi Goya, head of the Center for Infectious Diseases Management of the Ministry of Health, said in a press conference referring to the latest situation of Omicron outbreak in the world: Omicron is spreading very fast in the world and many countries have reported it. Our country of statistics is no exception to this rule, so that until yesterday, 26 cases of omicron were detected in the country, so that 12 suspected cases are being investigated in the reference laboratory.

Referring to the need and more attention of people to comply with health protocols, he said: We expect the people of our country to pay attention to two important points; First, it does not reduce the risk of getting the vaccine twice, and those who want to be safe from the virus should get the vaccine three times.

Goya emphasized: Of course, the third injection should be done neither earlier nor later according to the schedule; That is, consider the interval of three months after the injection of the second dose, so people over the age of eighteen should go for the injection of the third dose three months after the injection of the second dose.

The head of the Center for Infectious Diseases Management of the Ministry of Health, emphasizing the observance of health protocols as an important point in the prevention of omicron infection, noted: this observance should be done individually, family and socially; Because now there are two clusters of patients in Tehran and Khorasan that are family; That is, if one person in the family becomes infected with the virus, others become infected immediately.

He added: “We should not allow our situation to become such that we face a heavy wave again.

Regarding the vaccine injection, he said: “Regarding the vaccine to be injected in the country, he said: نهاییThe final decision is made by the National Vaccine Committee and may even sometimes differ from the opinion of the World Health Organization.”

The head of the Infectious Diseases Management Center of the Ministry of Health continued: “Every vaccine that is injected is controlled and the Food and Drug Administration does not allow the use of the expired vaccine, even if it is one day older than that date.”

Regarding the effectiveness of vaccines, Goya clarified: “From the first day that vaccination started in the country, the National Committee worked on the side effects of vaccines and the necessary instructions were announced to medical universities across the country.”

The head of the Center for Infectious Diseases Management of the Ministry of Health pointed out: In each university of medical sciences, it is determined what side effects the person who injected the vaccine had; That is, whether these side effects were vaccine-related or not; All complications are reviewed and classified and the university’s academic committee reviews.

He added: “Complications that can not be definitively commented or can be commented, these cases come to the national committee and the most prominent professors review the files every week and it is determined whether the complication was related to the vaccine or not.”

Goya stated that 95% of the reported side effects of vaccine injection were mild, adding: “We prepare the necessary reports and present them to high-ranking officials.”

The head of the Center for Infectious Diseases Management of the Ministry of Health said: “Currently, all kinds of vaccines in the world are produced or under production in our country, and the policy of the Ministry of Health is to use domestically produced vaccines.”

“We firmly declare that the effectiveness of our domestically produced vaccines is no less than that of the world-famous foreign vaccines,” he said. To be commented.

Goya added: “According to the president’s order, we must provide more documents and convince the National Anti-Corona Headquarters to use the vaccine in people under 12 years of age.”

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