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Giammattei says they will enable a new age range for vaccination

In Livingston, Izabal, President Giammattei participated in a commemorative event for World Environment Day. Photo: La Hora.

This Saturday the Government held the commemoration of World Environment Day in Livingston, Izabal with President Alejandro Giammattei and the Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, Mario Rojas. At the time of his intervention, the president mentioned that a new age range of registration will be enabled for vaccination against Covid-19.

WILL ENABLE VACCINATION AGE RANGE

According to President Giammattei, registration to receive the coronavirus vaccine will be enabled in people aged 55 to 59 years, thus expanding the age range because “the vaccine is slow because people are not going.”

«We start with the oldest because they are the most vulnerable if it hits them, it can cause death, until we reach the youngest who suffer the least from this disease, convince their elders, convince people of the third age to register, to be vaccinated, “he added.

«We have not had a single case of important side effects from the vaccine and therefore we want to continue vaccinating them, we have vaccines, but here in Livingston there have been little particularly, people from rural areas who have not wanted to go down, they have not wanted to not even that we get to give him the vaccine, we have to change the mentality, we want to vaccinate all of Guatemala, “he said.

The president asked Guatemalans to appear at the vaccination centers, “please get vaccinated,” he added.

ACCESS TO DRINKING WATER

On the other hand, the president made reference to a water project for Livingston, which is 98 percent ready, indicating that the remaining 2 percent corresponds to the rights of way that must be authorized.

The president made reference to the fact that said project will cost a total of Q40 million.

He added that upon receiving the project from Mayor Daniel Pinto, he will be transferred to one of the government’s solidarity funds to start construction and provide the municipality of Livingston with potable water.

Also, Giammattei indicated during his speech that the National Electrification Institute (INE) plans to install an energy substation in Puerto Barrios “that will improve the capacity and the amount of light that is directed towards Livingston,” he said.

In addition, as part of the celebration of the Environment Day in 22 beaches of the country, 1000 young volunteers participated in the collection of solid waste.



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