On the afternoon of July 1, 2021, the first shipment with a million vaccines from the pharmaceutical company Pfizer donated by the United States government arrived at Quito’s Mariscal Sucre airport.
The US government made a commitment to Ecuador the donation of two million doses of that vaccine against Covid-19 to strengthen the government immunization plan.
According to information from the Ministry of Health, a second shipment of these vaccines will arrive on Tuesday, July 20, 2021.
In addition to this delivery, the Ecuadorian Government expects for this weekend the arrival of two million doses of the Chinese vaccine Sinovac, of which it is expected to receive six million doses in the course of this month.
According to the planning of the Ministry of Health, On July 15, phase three of the plan begins, which consists of mass vaccination to citizens aged between 16 and 49 years.
Until July 1, 2021, Ecuador has received shipments of the Pfizer, Sinovac and AstraZeneca vaccines, with the following details:
The objective of the government plan is to immunize nine million inhabitants in 100 days from May 24, 2021. The vaccination plan in Ecuador advances with the following detail:
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