How many doses does each Latin American country receive from Covax?
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The Nicaraguan Minister of Health, Martha Reyes, reported in an interview on Tuesday with Channel 2, a local television station, that the plan to introduce the vaccines proposed by the government, according to the suggestions of the Pan American Organization Health, prioritizes health workers, the elderly and chronic patients.
But Reyes did not specify the date on which the first 540,000 vaccines against covid-19 would arrive, as part of the Covax mechanism of the World Health Organization.
«The first group are health workers who are facing care.
The second group has to do with older adults with underlying chronic diseases.
The third continue to be older adults who did not present disease but who, due to their age, are also vulnerable, ”Reyes reported.
Another priority group would be chronic patients, according to Reyes.
«Then I would continue with young people or those under 60 who have some basic chronic disease, because there may be young people with diabetes, young people with hypertension, and that puts them in a vulnerable condition.
That would be the next group and then the rest of the population.
Let us remember that the WHO recommends that in order to have adequate protection we should have 70% of the population of a country vaccinated, "he explained.
On January 13, the vice president and government spokesperson, Rosario Murillo, reported that steps were being taken to purchase vaccines to immunize a total of 3,731,900 people against covid-19, which is equivalent to 55% of the population. , for an amount of US $ 114,894,984.
He also announced an investment of US $ 850,000 to improve the cold chain to preserve drugs.
Reyes recalled that his ministry approved the use of the Sputnik V vaccine, manufactured in Russia, and the Covaxin and Covishield vaccines from India, with whose manufacturers they review documentation to carry out procurement mechanisms.
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The Minister of Health added that PAHO will distribute the AstraZeneca vaccine, as part of the Covax mechanism.
It is still expected to be approved for emergency use, as was the case with the Russian vaccine and that of Pfizer.
Covax is an alliance of more than 100 countries coordinated by the WHO to ensure the supply of vaccines, regardless of the economic capacity of the nations.
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Regarding the form of inoculation of the vaccine, Reyes said that the protocol suggested by each pharmaceutical company will be applied.
"Because there are some that are doing the tests in groups older than 18, others older than 19. In this first stage, neither under 18 nor under 19 are vaccinated, depending on the vaccine that corresponds to us, pregnant or pregnant women are not vaccinated. nursing mothers, therefore, and not because they are bad but because no studies have been done with these vaccines in these groups, "he explained.
Reyes added that it will not apply to people whose immune system is affected by diseases or treatments.
The establishment and dissemination of a vaccination plan against covid-19 has been a constant demand from dozens of independent Medical Associations that demand actions to protect their members in public and private hospitals.
The Ministry of Health totals 6,347 cases of covid-19 and 171 deaths until February 9.
In contrast, the independent Covid-19 Citizen Observatory accumulates 12,716 suspected cases and 2,951 deaths from pneumonia or coronavirus until February 3.
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