Miami.
The September 15 Foundation of Hondurans in the United States is managing with the Medical College of Honduras (CMH) and US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar the sending of vaccines to its population in the face of the “precariousness of the health system” in the Central American country, which exceeds 4,000 deaths by covid-19.
“We are committed to sending to Congress (American) and the White House all the information on the precariousness and irresponsibility of the health system of Honduras,” he told Efe on Friday Juan Flores, President of the September 15 Foundation, based in the county of Broward (Florida).
According to Flores, the president of the CMH, Suyapa Figueroa, spoke today about the complex health situation in the country, affected by an outbreak of dengue, as well as the covid-19 pandemic.
According to Flowers, the mortality rate in Honduras product of covid-19 is higher than the official. “It is known from the funeral records of the funeral homes,” he said.
In Honduras, more than 70 doctors have died as a result of this pandemic since March 2020, said Flowers based on data provided by Figueroa in a video conference in which he participated Ryan Morgan, Political Advisor to Congresswoman Omar (Democrat for Minnesota).
“There are no vaccines, just yesterday they got 5,000 vaccines from Israel for 2,500 people, because they are two doses, and Honduras has 9 million inhabitants. There are places where the health system does not reach,” the activist added. .
“We, the migrant community, support the Honduran Medical College to ask for help from the United States Congress. It is assumed that when the citizens do not have the medicines, there are masses of emigrants who leave the country “, he remarked.
According to Flores, Congresswoman Omar’s adviser praised the “careful work” of the CMH president.
“He surprised us, he knows Honduras very well. Between 2016 and 2018 he was in our country on a mission,” he noted of Morgan.
About 180,000 Hondurans are concentrated in South Florida, most in Broward County, with capital in Fort Lauderdale, And the total number of Hondurans in the US may have reached one and a half million with the exodus of recent years, according to Flores.
Honduras received 5,000 doses of Modern pharmaceutical vaccines against the covid-19 given by Israel, which were managed by the Government headed by Juan Orlando Hernandez.
The drugs, which are the first Honduras have received since the pandemic began to spread in March 2020, hit the Central American presidential plane, which on Sunday flew to Israel and also carried another similar donation to Guatemala.
The vaccines will be applied to 2,500 people with front-line staff fighting the pandemic.
Honduras has at least 4,009 deaths from covid-19 and 168,243 infections, the state’s National Risk Management System (Sinager) reported on Thursday.