 The most recent shipment arrived on a Lufthansa cargo flight on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at the Juan Santamarķa International Airport with 88,800 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines. - National Emergency Commission photo -  |
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Friday, May 14, 2021
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff Costa Rica has imported 1,594,695 vaccines against covid-19, according to the National Emergency Commission. The most recent shipment arrived on a Lufthansa cargo flight on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at the Juan Santamarķa International Airport with 88,800 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines. These are part of the 2,037,600 doses of vaccines purchased through the Covid-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX system) of the World Health Organization. This acquisition includes WHO-approved vaccines, such as AstraZeneca, Pfizer or Moderna.  In April the first cargo of 43,200 AstraZeneca inoculations arrived. The country purchased 1,092,000 doses last year. Another 6,000,425 million doses of Pfizer were purchased for the treatment of more than 3 million people. According to the commission statistics, the country bought a total of 9,130,025 doses to ensure treatment for more than 4.5 million people.  As of Tuesday, 1,093,931 vaccines against covid-19 have been applied, reaching a national vaccination rate of 21.19 per 100 inhabitants, according to the statistics of the Vaccine National Information System. Of these 657, 301 people have received their first dose and 436,630 people have completed their treatment upon receiving the second dose. The vaccination campaign against covid -19 continues with the Group-A of High Risk, which includes elderly folks living in nursing homes, nursing home employees, healthcare workers, members of the police force, firefighters and Emergency Commission workers, among others. The campaign is also inoculating Group-B of High-Risk, which includes people over the age of 58, regardless of whether or not they have any pre-existing health risk factors. And the Group-C of High-Risk includes people between the ages of 16 and 58 with certain health risk factors such as hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, chronic respiratory disease, chronic kidney disease, obesity and cancer. Those not getting the vaccine are pregnant women or those who are breastfeeding. To receive the vaccine, participants must have a Costa Rican ID or a residency ID, known as DIMEX specific for immigrants with resident status. They must also visit the local community clinic, known as Ebais, to be listed as a candidate for getting the treatment. Authorities advise people who are not yet registered in the Ebais, to provide a copy of an ID and one utility bill to verify the person's home address. Home address verification is a requirement to establish the specific public clinic where the person must be attended. People already registered in the Ebais and Social Security database, known as EDUS, will be contacted by phone to register for a vaccine date. -------------------------- How could Social Security speed up the vaccination campaign? We would like to know your thoughts on this story. Send your comments to news@amcostarica.com             |
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