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This afternoon, an American Airlines plane arrived in Guatemala at COMBEX IM next to La Aurora International Airport with 1.5 million Moderna vaccines donated by the United States government and that will be used by the Ministry of Health and the Guatemalan Security Institute. Social for 750 thousand complete vaccination schedules.
US President Joe Biden offered Guatemala this amount as part of the 80 million units that that country will provide to friendly nations.
Initially, the Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harris, announced a donation of 500,000 vaccines to Guatemala; Today the ambassador of that nation, William Popp showed his enthusiasm for the arrival of more vaccines than the Biden-Harris administration offered at first, almost triple.
This was the income of the vaccines that were donated by the United States.
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Likewise, the diplomat indicated that with this donation, Guatemala would almost double the doses available in the territory, since before the reception of Moderna, 1,629,800 doses had been registered by donation and purchase.
So far, adding the donations of immunizers as those obtained in direct purchase, the country has received 3,129,800 doses of vaccines against Covid-19.
A CONTRIBUTION FROM THE USA
Popp described that from the beginning of the pandemic the United States government contributed to mitigation at the global level. The goal is for vaccines to be used as soon as possible, the ambassador said.
He added that the US government has also helped Guatemala through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the United States Agency for Development (USAID) and the Department of Defense of that country.
Quoting US President Joe Biden, William Popp said: “The United States is committed to contributing to the international vaccination efforts that we have demonstrated at home.”
During his visit to Guatemala, Harris announced the assistance with vaccines, “today that commitment has been fulfilled,” the diplomat pointed out.
VACCINES WILL BE USED FOR COMPLETE SCHEMES
The Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance (MSPAS) confirmed that one and a half million vaccines will be used in the application of the complete scheme, that is, 750,000 people will be inoculated with both doses of the Moderna vaccine.
In that sense, the plan of the Ministry of Health is that 750,000 inhabitants have guaranteed access to both doses of Moderna. For the above, it should be taken into account that mRNA vaccines are preserved under temperatures of +2 and +8 degrees Celsius and the second dose must be applied within 28 days to guarantee efficacy.
La Hora asked the Health portfolio if, because they represent a viable storage and preservation option, Moderna’s vaccines will be destined for the interior of the Republic, however, they did not clarify this question at the end of the note.
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