Starting next week, pregnant women who come to be vaccinated against COVID-19 will no longer require a medical certificate, but will only have to present the prenatal control card.

"Pregnant women will no longer need a medical certificate to receive the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, since just by carrying the prenatal control card they will be immunized," the Ministry of Health (Minsa) reported this Saturday.

He adds that in addition, the vaccine against COVID-19 will be applied to lactating women up to 6 months, however, they must present the control card that shows that the infant is in the range of 0 to 6 months old. , when they go to vaccination centers.

A call is made to all pregnant women and mothers whose children are up to 6 months old to go to the vaccination centers to receive the vaccine against COVID-19, ”urges the Minsa.

On the other hand, the entity reiterates that an interval of 14 days must be maintained between the application of the vaccine against COVID-19 and the vaccine against Influenza.