In the face of citizen complaints about the falsification of the vaccination card against covid-19 by unscrupulous people to enter public establishments or attend mass events, the governor of Valle del Cauca, Clara Luz Roldán, resoundingly rejected this type of action.
The president warned that, If a person is detected falsifying said card, a statement of charges may be raised against him.
“It is an irregularity that threatens the life of the person who does it and his family. By God it is better to get the vaccine that is totally free than to pay or make a forged card. Today it is shown that the vaccine does not have any contraindication, that those of us who have it are extremely well and it has been shown that those who have the vaccine and get COVID do not get very strong, “he said.
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The president added that by falsifying the card, a public document is falsified and it is a criminal offense.
On Cali, four massive events will take place by the end of the year, the first the Junior Pan American Games, which will begin on November 25, where to enter the sports venues the document will be required.
These fair They will have a capacity of 75% and on the outskirts of the stages there will be vaccination posts.
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On the other hand, vaccination against covid-19 advances in Valle del Cauca, sWith 18 municipalities that exceeded 70% of people who have been vaccinated with at least one dose.
The call from the Departmental Health Secretariat is for people over 50 years of age, to approach the vaccination points enabled to receive the third dose of the vaccine, after four months of having the second dose.
“Already 18 municipalities exceed 70% of vaccination with first doses and five more are above this percentage with second doses, they are Versalles, Riofrío, Ulloa, Cairo and Algeria, now we have to make the effort for the third dose in those over 50 years of age, who without any distinction and after four months of having received the second dose, can receive the booster of the vaccine. We have enough doses for them to come closer and complete schemes “, indicated María Cristina Lesmes, Secretary of Health of the Valley.
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Currently Valle del Cauca has 382,990 vaccines against COVID-19 available. Meanwhile in Cali, to date, in general 1,502,272 people have applied at least one dose, which corresponds to 69.2% of the population.
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