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Friday, July 23, 2021
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff Costa Rica has received 3,677, 375 vaccines against covid-19, according to the National Emergency Commission. The most recent shipment with 250,380 doses of Pfizer vaccines arrived on a DHL cargo last night at the Juan Santamarķa International Airport. This delivery is part of the 6,000,425 Pfizer vaccines purchased to inoculate more than 3 million people. Last year, the government had already purchased 1,092,000 AstraZeneca vaccine doses for the treatment of more than 500,000 people. Also last year, authorities purchased 2,038,300 vaccines through the Covid-19 Vaccines Global Access, COVAX system, of the World Health Organization. The purchase includes WHO-approved vaccines, such as AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Moderna. These are to provide treatment to more than one million people. The total vaccines purchased are about 9,130,725 doses to ensure treatment for more than 4.5 million people. And now, the country has an additional half-million doses donated by the U.S. to protect almost 5 million residents living in Costa Rica.  As of Tuesday, there have been 2,812,795 vaccines against covid-19 applied in the country, reaching a national vaccination rate of 54.5 per 100 inhabitants, according to the Vaccine National Information System report. By the end of this year, the government's goal is to have vaccinated at least 3.7 million people in order to keep the rate of infection down and achieve herd immunity. There are 71,488 active covid-19 cases in the country. Of the total 397,469 cases detected since last year, there were 4,933 deaths listed as covid-19 related, approximately 1.3% death rate in Costa Rica, reported the Health Ministry on Thursday. The pandemic has killed more than 4 million people worldwide, according to data collected by Johns Hopkins University. -------------------------- Should the government lift all sanitary restrictions after achieving herd immunity against covid-19? We would like to know your thoughts on this story. Send your comments to news@amcostarica.com             
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