Ministry of Health of Costa Rica reported this week that it had received a donation of 22,000 doses of covid-19 vaccine donated by the Government of Panama and urged the population to use them.
It is about 22,000 doses of the pharmaceutical company Pfizer, of which 20,000 corresponds to vaccines for people over 12 years old, 1,000 for the population from 6 months to 4 years, and 1,000 doses for children from 5 to 11 years.
“The Ministry of Health reminds citizens of the importance of completing the vaccination schedule and invites them to go to health centers,” the Ministry of Health announced.
This donation was made after the media announced in recent weeks that the country The covid-19 vaccine has run out since the beginning of December.
The latest data from the Ministry of Health show that in the 1st epidemiological week of 2024, which lasts from December 30, 2023 to January 6, 2024, 306 cases of covid-19 were recorded, 47 people were hospitalized, and 3 died.
The authorities also confirmed the circulation JN.1 variant from last December.
In 2023, the highest number of covid-19 infections occurred in the 1st week of the year with 5,645, then another peak was recorded in the 8th week with 5,595.
Since then, it began to decrease until it recorded less than 300 cases on average in the last 20 weeks of the year.
The latest data published by the Social Insurance Fund of Costa Rica show that 90.1% of the Costa Rican population has a dose of the covid-19 vaccine.
Furthermore, 84.6% have two doses, but the percentage drops to 57.8% with the third dose, 21.3% with the fourth dose, and 0.5% with the fifth dose.
Source: Panama America
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