Sao Paolo immunizes over 500K people in 34 hours; 99.2% of adults get at least 1 dose

 

From 7:00 pm on Saturday to 7:00 am on Sunday, 13 drive-thru points and three mega stations were open for the immunization of young people between 18 and 21 years old. Saturday (14) registered a record of vaccine applications in a single day: 268,770,000 doses up to 19h.

After 34 uninterrupted hours with the "Virada da Vacina" (Vaccine Marathon), more than 500 thousand people over 18 were immunized against Covid-19 in the city of São Paulo, according to Edson Aparecido, municipal secretary of Health, informed GloboNews .

"We have just closed the numbers of Virada da Vacina. 471,350 doses were registered in our system, we still have 32 thousand doses that did not go up in the system. We exceeded 500 thousand doses applied in 34 hours in the capital", said the secretary.

According to the balance of the secretariat, were applied in the "Virada" 404,398 first doses, 67,020 second doses and 13 single doses. Another 32 thousand doses were applied, but had not yet been released in the city's system until the last update of this article.

According to Aparecido, with this, the city reaches 99.2% of the population over 18 years old with at least one dose of the vaccine against Covid applied. "Now we intend, Monday and Tuesday, to finish completing the vaccination to reach 100% of people over 18 with the first dose in the capital."

The aim of the turnaround was to vaccinate around 600,000 young people from 18 to 21 years old. Saturday (14) registered the record of vaccine applications in a single day: there were 268,770,000 doses up to 19h . Of these, 215,029 were the first dose, 53,734 the second and seven single doses.

In total, the city exceeded the application of 12 million doses since the start of the vaccination campaign in February. Until 17:00 this Sunday, 8,776,321 of the first dose, 3,437,083 of the second dose and 318,179 single doses were applied, totaling 12,531,598.

The mayor of São Paulo, Ricardo Nunes (MDB), recalled that the capital had a record of vaccination, with great adherence. "It was very right to carry out the Virada da Vacina Sampa. The balance is very positive and we continue to thank the population of São Paulo for having joined the vaccination," he said.

In addition to the first dose in the target audience, the City of São Paulo also applied the second dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine this weekend, as many people were unable to get vaccinated between Thursday (12) and Friday (13) due to lack of doses of the immunizing.

According to Aparecido, the supply problem was solved. "We had a supply problem late on Thursday night, we received 210,000 doses on Friday and distributed it to all almost 700 vaccination points in the city of São Paulo. On Saturday and Sunday, we resumed the application of the second dose . We have a normalized stock of AstraZeneca for the application of the second dose. We also have stock of CoronaVac and Pfizer.

After 7:00 pm on Saturday, the UBS and AMAs in the city closed, and until 7:00 am this Sunday, the population had 16 vaccination points, 13 drive-thrus and 3 mega stations.

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During this period, the drive-thru that vaccinated the most was the Anhembi, in the North Zone of the city, with 1,825 vaccines applied. Next, there are the drive-thruses at Shopping Anália Franco (1,779) and at Arena Corinthians (1,584), both in the East Zone of the capital.

At the inauguration of UPA Vila Mariana this Sunday morning (15), Mayor Ricardo Nunes celebrated the numbers of the action. “Adherence was very high, I think it was very right to make the Virada da Vacina, and now we are going to vaccinate until 5 pm today.”

Dawn vaccination points registered long lines of vehicles. According to the De Olho na Fila website , of the City of São Paulo, at 23:30 on Saturday, 11 drive-thru stations had long lines, two medium lines and only one was not moving.

On social networks, one person reported that he faced six hours of waiting at the Clube Athlético Paulistano, in the South Zone. "Disorganization in the traffic around, but everything is wonderful inside. Phew, daughter vaccinated".

Drive-thru stations registered long lines during the night at 'Virada da Vacina' — Photo: TV Globo

In the early morning of this Sunday, the movement was calm in the drive-thrus and mega-stations of the capital.

Vaccination at drive-thrus points included presentations by DJs and cultural groups to attract young people and celebrate the arrival of the vaccine for the over 18 age group.

DJ Flávia Durante, who has been in the area for over 20 years, played this Saturday afternoon at the immunization point at Galeria Prestes Maia, downtown.

"I've played everywhere, and I never imagined playing a vaccination campaign. But it was amazing, it was really exciting to see the younger people being vaccinated," said the artist.

DJ Flávia Durante, who has been in the area for over 20 years, played this Saturday afternoon at the immunization point at the Prestes Maia gallery, in the city center. — Photo: Personal archive/Hector Lima

The drive-thru at Shopping Aricanduva, in the East Zone, had the animation of the collective 'Je Treme Mon Amour'. The DJs played parodies that referred to the vaccine, such as the funk that says: "Take a vaccine, take a vaccine, do the position where I push the syringe".

Event producer Nina Souza said that health professionals were honored by Aricanduva's drive-thru team.

At Anhembi's drive-thru, Minhoqueens DJs Mama Darling (Fernando Magrin) and William Medeiros performed; from Agrada Gregos, Nathalia Takenobu, Dan Rodrigues and Diogo Rodrigues; and, from Excusa Any Coisa, DJ Renata Corr.

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