A brigade from the Ministry of Health came to the Tagaeri-Taromenane Intangible Zone to administer the doses to members of the Waorani community.
On July 1, 2021, medical personnel from the Ministry of Health and officials from the Secretariat for Human Rights they reached the Tagaeri-Taromenane Intangible Zone to manage the Covid-19 vaccine 126 people of Waorani nationality.
According to a press release from the Secretariat for Human Rights, “each of the vaccinated people receive pharmacological monitoring “, in order to verify that they do not present adverse symptoms.
The entity adds that the immunization of this community is within Resolution 1/2021 of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), which establishes that States must prioritize the immunization of people at higher risk of infection.
And those who experience a greater risk in the face of the pandemic, “which include people who, due to geographical factors, are in this situation, such as indigenous peoples ”.
For the immunization of these communities, which continues on July 2, 2021, vaccination posts were installed in the populations of Ñoneno, Guemeneweno, Omakaweno, Boanamo, Bameno, Cononaco Chico and Omere.
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