Assistant General of the National Guard, General José Reyes, confirmed that in Puerto Rico people who are not in the phases have been vaccinated against the COVID-19 coronavirus.
In an interview with WKAQ, Reyes stated that “what can happen, when you’re approaching to close in the afternoon, if you have the bottles open you have to use. If already the people we were going to serve, for example in the vaccination center of the National Guard, in which we have that they are 14, we already finished with the group and we still have left, one, two or up to three doses because it is necessary to take advantage of them “.
Reyes even detailed that in the effort to vaccinate Department of Education staff, they have a plan to contact outsiders to spare some ready-to-use dose at this time.
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“In the Department of Education, in their mission, they have a list of people just wait“They are called immediately, they are close to the center and they are used to vaccinating,” he added.
Today, the appointed secretary of the Department of Health, Carlos Mellado, has indicated that the vaccination process for the first responders to focus on older adults will be paralyzed. This guideline stated that teachers and employees of the Department of Education will continue to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
According to the general, approximately 250,000 people have been vaccinated in Puerto Rico.
Regarding the elderly adults, from a population of 600 thousand, the director of the Health vaccination program, Iris Cardona, has indicated that 50,225 have already been vaccinated.