Angela Reyes
(CNN Spanish) – Nicaraguan health authorities have been vaccinating children and adolescents between the ages of 2 and 17 with doses of the Cuban-made vaccines Soberana and Abdala.
The vice president and government spokesperson, Rosario Murillo, said in her usual call to official media that they hope to vaccinate more than 1.3 million children between the ages of 2 and 11. According to Murilllo, on Monday 29,500 doses of Sovereign 02 were applied to people in that age group.
The authorities also plan to immunize more than 765,000 adolescents between the ages of 12 and 17. This Tuesday, according to the vice president, 20,548 doses were applied to that group.
In early October, Nicaragua approved the emergency use of the Abdala and Soberana vaccines, which are not authorized for emergency use by the World Health Organization, but are applied in Cuba, Iran, Vietnam and Venezuela, apart from Nicaragua. .
Iset Medina, a doctor specializing in internal medicine, told CNN that the population went to the vaccination posts and that they saw stories of parents sharing photos of their vaccinated minor children on social media.
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Medina says he has received many calls from patients asking about the effectiveness of Cuban vaccines for children. “My answer is that I have not found information in prestigious medical journals, so I cannot recommend them. It will have to be a decision of each parent whether or not to put it on their child ”, he explained.
For its part, the Nicaraguan Exile Medical Association, through a statement published this Tuesday, denounced that the Nicaraguan Government was not able to purchase vaccines authorized by the WHO, despite having obtained funds from the Central American Bank for this purpose. Economic Integration (CABEI). “In the case of Russian vaccines, at least these have published phase III research studies, but the Cuban ones are still in the experimentation phase,” says the Association’s statement.
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The health authorities reported that this week the vaccination of people between 18 and 29 years of age also began, who are receiving the Sputnik Light vaccine, which has a single dose.
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In this population group, according to Murillo, they hope to vaccinate more than 1.4 million young people. On Monday, 43,390 people were immunized.
Medina acknowledges that more vaccination posts were set up in various departments of the country. “But a large number of people also chose to go to Honduras to get the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines,” he adds.
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Simultaneously, the Ministry of Health continues the vaccination for lactating, pregnant and postpartum mothers, who are receiving the vaccine from Pfizer and BioNtech. The second dose of AstraZeneca and Sputnik V are being applied to the population over 30 years of age.
The Ministry of Health installed 149 vaccination posts in the city of Managua, according to the official website El 19 digital.
According to the Pan American Health Organization, as of October 22, only 5.4% of the Nicaraguan population had completed the vaccination schedule.
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