A 32-year-old woman with a disability and various neurological pathologies will be the first person to receive the vaccine against the new coronavirus outside the National Vaccination Plan, thanks to a court order. Public Health tried to appeal the measure, but the Court decided to ratify it.
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May 26, 2021 – 2:28 PM
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The woman is a native of San Juan Bautista and appealed to Justice through the Public Defender’s Office to be vaccinated, because she has Down syndrome and other congenital neurological disorders.
Lawyer Lorena Llano, a public defender, also explained that she presented a disability certificate from the National Secretariat for Human Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Senadis), because the woman is in a wheelchair. She explained that she must be assisted daily by her parents and takes at least seven neurological medications every day.
“I think that she, within her conditions, is much more vulnerable than a 70-year-old,” he emphasized.
The defender filed an appeal for amparo due to the vulnerability of the patient, which was appealed by Public Health, but an Appeals Court finally ratified the first instance ruling.
Now the Ministry of Health must immunize women against the new coronavirus, who will thus become the first to receive the vaccine without being the elderly or health personnel.
It should be remembered that currently adults over 65 years of age are still vaccinated. Last week the campaign had to be stopped in several departments due to the shortage of doses, but with the arrival of a new batch it could be restarted yesterday.
There is still no date for the extension of the age range but from the Ministry of Health they estimate that it would be the following week, always depending on the availability of vaccines, which continue to arrive by dropper.
After the elderly, according to the vaccination campaign against COVID-19, adults between 18 and 59 years old with underlying pathologies may be vaccinated. However, there is also no estimated date for the start of this stage.
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