The Pan American Wellness Corporation (PAHO) warned this Wednesday about the acquire of new vaccines versus the omcron variant of covid-19, even though in some Latin American and Caribbean countries adequate immunization rates have not however been attained.
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“We do not do something with the new vaccines if we do not make confident we vaccinate these who usually are not vaccinated,” The director of the agency’s Office of Communicable Illnesses and Health and fitness Assessment, Marcos Espinal, assured during a press meeting.
In the same way, PAHO director Carissa Etienne has criticized these who are easing covid prevention measures when there are nevertheless ten nations in the region that have not vaccinated even 40% of their inhabitants.
Etienne pointed out that, at this time, most of the vaccines delivered to the American continent are booster doses for individuals currently immunized, which are required, but it is essential not to ignore the groups that have not still obtained a solitary dose.
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“Unvaccinated individuals will be most influenced when the future wave of scenarios arrives,” the agency director warned. Currently, and according to PAHO information, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Montserrat, Grenada, Santa Lucia, French Guiana, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Jamaica and Haiti have not still vaccinated 40% of their populace.
In Haiti, in reality, only 1.5% of the populace acquired the entire course of the covid vaccine.
In the past 7 days, The United States, where approximately 66% of the population is thoroughly immunized, and Canada (82%) have accredited the crisis use of a new vaccine which will perform as a booster dose especially directed versus the omicron variant, presently dominant in the environment.
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