According to the authorities these will allow to vaccinate second-line health personnel, who are not directly related to Covid-19 patients.
The government of El Salvador will receive a second batch of Astrazeneca vaccines against Covid-19 on Thursday, which includes 33,600 doses that will be used for health personnel who do not treat patients with this disease at the forefront.
President Nayib Bukele said on Wednesday via Twitter that these are part of the COVAX system, a global alliance that allows countries in the region to receive the drug for free, which is led by bodies such as the Coalition for Innovation in preparation for Epidemics (CEPI), Gavi and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) / World Health Organization.
“We will speed up the pace of vaccination as we will soon receive larger batches,” Bukele said.
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Within the Government plan, the next to be vaccinated after the Health workers will be the staff of the National Civil Police, Armed Forces and Civil Protection, authorities have noted.
On February 17, the government began vaccinating frontline personnel after receiving the first batch of antidote from India; 20,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine were purchased by the government directly from the Serum Institute, one of the largest vaccine manufacturers in the world.
Authorities shield themselves in a confidentiality clause with the pharmaceutical company for not giving details of the total value of the acquisition.
After the vaccination process began on February 17, Health Minister Franciso Alabi said that on March 3, they had applied “more than 20,000 vaccines to health personnel,” which contrasts with the amount of doses that the Government announced it had acquired.
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According to experts in the field, the Government has not been consistent with the data it has revealed about the vaccination plan against Covid-19, nor has it given details of how it is implemented, so they regret the lack of transparency of Covid-19. state authorities.
The Ministry of Health aims to vaccinate 4.5 million Salvadorans. Older adults and people with chronic illnesses who are also considered to be at high risk of contracting the virus are still waiting to be vaccinated.