Puerto Rico is among the jurisdictions in the world that has administered the most vaccines against COVID-19

Puerto Rico ranks sixth among the world’s jurisdictions with the highest doses of COVID-19 vaccines, according to a report updated Wednesday in the Financial Times, a newspaper specializing in economics and business.

According to the report, which collects and analyzes data from various official sources of information, the island is surpassed only by the United States – which appears in a separate line and takes into account all its states – the United Kingdom , Barain (a Middle Eastern country), the United Arab Emirates and Israel, which ranks first. The report is an analysis of the number of vaccines administered per 100 inhabitants.

In a tweet, Governor Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia welcomed the report and congratulated the Department of Health, Secretary Carlos Mellado and the work team dedicated to the vaccination plan across the island, “as well as to the Guard for the support provided in this effort. We will not rest until everyone is vaccinated! “

According to the latest data reported by Health, the island has received 270,750 dose of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, of which they had been distributed 221,426 and administered 136,682. The difference between distributed and registered, according to Mellado, is due to the fact that vaccines are delivered to listed suppliers and waiting to be administered, or already administered to individuals but have not been registered in the system the figures are published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

“The challenges are great, but bigger is the work the vaccination team is doing to immunize our people,” the Health Secretary said, in reaction to the Financial Times report.