The Secretary of the Department of Health, Carlos Mellado López, Announced that he will sign an administrative order for ensure the exclusive vaccination process for the adult population aged 65 and over.
“We will ensure that vaccines reach where they really need to go according to the current phase. Our older adults are our priority. They represent the most vulnerable population and it is our duty to ensure the vaccine to prevent infections that they will be prevented. We will not tolerate anyone to start or advance the corresponding phase. In the face of the changes provided for in the new administrative order, we will remain vigilant so that the directive is not violated under any circumstances, “Mellado López said in written statements.
The secretary has advanced that today he will be signing an administrative order ordering significant changes in the vaccination process. This Order determines that for the next four (4) weeks only and exclusively adults over the age of 65 or older will be vaccinated at all centers on the island, excluding centers identified for the education system. By excluding the centers from the education system of the order, the vaccination of teachers with a view to resuming face-to-face education is maintained.
The Order also clarifies that the turn of the respondents will begin again when the turn of the older adults concludes.
On the other hand, he reported that a group of Health Inspectors in the vaccination centers had already been deployed to validate the neatness and order of the processes established from the beginning.
The Head of Health called on the general public to respect and wait their turn to be vaccinated, according to the current phase. Similarly, he stressed that any request for vaccination should be directed to the Department of Health who is the Agency leading the public health efforts.
This morning, the assistant general of the National Guard, José Reyes, said that at the moment about 250 thousand people have been vaccinated. The official detailed that they got vaccines to a group of employees of the State Election Commission (EEC) because the body had asked for help with vaccination, as they will have a special election for a vacancy in the Legislature. However, Reyes himself told WKAQ that the Secretary of Health last night ordered the cessation of this vaccination.