Covid-19 vaccination coverage is still less than 50% – National

With a population total of just over 7,300,000 people in Paraguay, the vaccination coverage against covid-19 it is still even less than 50% according to him Ministry of Public Health (MPSBS).

According to the records, to date, only the 47% of the Paraguayan population she is immunized with the first vaccine against disease, while with second dose, a 40% vaccinated.

Besides, the gap between those inoculated with the first and second dose each time it shortens more. Thus, it went from 21% to only 14.8% according to the latest report presented by the director of Expanded Immunization Program (PAI), doctor Héctor Castro.

This occurs -as they explain- because fewer and fewer people receive the first dose of anticovid, a situation that puts in alert to Public Health, mainly now, after the considerable increase cases, hospitalizations and deaths from the virus.

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Refering to booster shot, the percentage of immunization to date with the third dose is from 8% in relation to the total inoculated to date, a figure that has increased daily for a few weeks after the change made to the vaccination plan, now allowing the booster dosage in a minimum period of 4 months after receiving the second dose.

From this data it can be deduced that the 563,486 people from 60 years and more vaccinated against coronavirus, 518.366 they already have the second vaccine Y 163.267 the booster shot.

This age group is considered by Public Health as the at-risk group, so it is insisted that the little more than 182,000 adults who have not yet been immunized go to receive the anticovid biologic.