The Minister of Health, Francisco Coma, reported this Monday, July 18, that a batch of vaccines Moderna will enter Guatemala on Thursday, July 21 and is scheduled to enter at 5 in the morning.
Guatemala will receive 500 thousand 400 vaccines, Of these, 250,000 will be for the second doses of the 500,000 children between the ages of 6 and 11 pending.
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The rest will be primarily for children of the aforementioned ages, but also if someone wants a booster dose of Modern. Two doses will come out of each bottle
Recently, Health reported that the doses will be donated by Korea and that the vaccine will be distributed in the more than 1,200 vaccination posts set up in the national territory.
According to the World Health Organization -WHO-, the effectiveness of the Moderna vaccine is more than 94.1%; is suitable for use in rural and hard-to-reach communities, as it is stored at temperatures between +2°C to +8°C.
Medication-free kits
When Coma was asked that the medication kits are not complete, he pointed out that many health areas have not been agile enough for their replacement processes and given the increase in the number of cases, they distributed the kits they had available, “but they were not fast enough to replace the kits.”
He added that the area directors are fully aware of fulfilling the role that corresponds to them, this in the matter of the delivery of medicines.
PCR tests
He was also asked that some people have pointed out delays in the delivery of the results of the PCR tests, to which Coma replied that They have recommended antigen tests, which “is a very efficient mechanism to be able to have a diagnosis.”
He indicated that the protocols establish that the use of antigen tests is adequate to make the diagnosis of covid-19.
He said that the recommendation given to the directors of the Health Area is to start treatment with the drug kit as quickly as possible.
home tests
When asked if there could be underreporting for home tests for covid-19, the official replied that underreporting exists, since home tests have been carried out for more than a year, with the difference that most were acquired “on the black market”.
Coma also indicated that he gave the Ministry of Social Development Q100 million that were destined for hospitals and malnutrition, due to the hunger crisis that is expected due to the war in Ukraine and Russia.
In another topic, he indicated that improvements have been made in the San Juan de Dios Hospital in the Pediatrics area and they are implementing a process to remodel operating rooms.
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