Health collapse and death in Paraguay from covid-19 3:59
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Paraguay will receive a donation from the United States of one million vaccines against Covid-19 from Pfizer, which will be delivered in the coming weeks, the Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs announced this Monday during her visit to Asunción. United, Victoria Nuland.
On his Twitter account, the President of Paraguay, Mario Abdo Benitez, thanked the important donation of the government of President Joe Biden.
«Very grateful to the government of the United States of America for the announcement of the donation to Paraguay of 1 million Pfizer vaccines against covid-19.
Cooperation between our countries is founded on shared principles and values, ”said the Paraguayan president.
Undersecretary Nuland added that US cooperation so that Paraguay can access a greater quantity of vaccines will include management support for the prompt delivery of the vaccines already acquired through the Covax mechanism, totaling 4 million.
This Sunday 152 people died from coronavirus, a record number of deaths in one day.
The total number of deaths stood at 12,517 since the beginning of the pandemic, according to the report from the Ministry of Health.
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The advance of vaccination in Paraguay
Meanwhile, in Paraguay, vaccination progresses at a very slow pace due to the lack of sufficient vaccines for the 7.35 million inhabitants of the country.
From this Monday, the population of 50 years of age onwards began to be vaccinated.
So far in the country, according to the official page of the Ministry of Health, 618,414 people have been vaccinated throughout the nation.
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Figures from
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for June 24 show that 6.8% of the Paraguayan population has at least one dose and 1.83% have received the complete scheme.
The Minister of Health, Dr. Julio Borba, confirmed that there are currently doses available to continue with the National Vaccination Plan of the Moderna and AstraZeneca platforms.
The minister recalled that there are currently 200 vaccinations nationwide, so 40,000 people could easily be immunized a day, if vaccines are available.
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