Covid vaccine in Hidalgo increases 82 percent coverage: Mendoza

Coverage of people inoculated through vaccination days covers 82 percent of the population of Hidalgoassured the delegate of the Wellness Programs in the entity, Abraham Mendoza Zenteno; this derived from the advance in the application of the biological to thes minors between five and 11 years of agewhich began on June 28 and continues in five municipalities on July 6.

In just one week, the federal official noted, 13 percent of the population in this age range were served, this with the application of 47 thousand 960 doses of the pediatric Pfizer Biontech biological in three municipalities: Tizayuca with 17 thousand 510 vaccines, which represents 90 percent of boys and girls between five and 11 years old; Zempoala with 5,360 doses, that is, 86 percent coverage; and Pachuca where 26 thousand 760 doses were applied, to have a coverage of this population of 95 percent.

In addition to this progress, Mendoza Zenteno said, with the arrival of 48,000 more doses, they will be able to attend to minors who have not yet received the first application of this vaccine, in addition to adding those who live in the municipalities of Reformation Ore y Tulancingo“those who remained pending can go to the venues that are made known on social networks, both in Pachuca like in Tizayuca y The Earth’s Polein addition to the fact that it starts in minors from Mineral de la Reforma and Tulancingo, which generates more inoculated population and that translates into greater protection”.

Similarly, the federal delegate reported on the general progress in Hidalgo, which amounts to 82 percent coverage across all age ranges, because in those over 18 years of age there is 95 percent coverage, in a period of a year and a half; in minors from 12 to 17, there is an advance of 70 percent, since due to the provision of the biological vaccination days are pending in at least 17 municipalities; As for boys and girls between five and 11 years old, there is a global percentage of 13 percent in just one week, for which the need for only 270,000 doses was reassessed as a goal in this sector of the population.

“We adjust the figures better, since the health sector is more exact on these issues, and more visionary because they consider the birth rate and have details of the pandemic, than the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi), so we have a projection that considers the population between five and 11 years old with a universe of 384 thousand 293 minors, when it was previously estimated a little more than 330 thousand, in addition to seeing this demand we are planning to inoculate 100 percent of this sector, that is that we require 384 thousand 293 doses, at least, to attend to this sector”, he sentenced.

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