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Goodbye to the mask? Cali reached 40% in booster vaccination and awaits confirmation from the Ministry of Health

Cali reached 40% coverage this Friday in booster doses of vaccination against Covid-19, as recorded by the Ministry of Health. However, it is waiting for the Ministry of Health to certify the figure to withdraw the measure of the use of masks in closed spaces in the city.

The Secretary of Health, Miyerlandi Torres, assured that the city reached 40.09% coverage of booster doses, which would allow, in addition to the elimination of the use of face masks in closed spaces, the suspension of the requirement of the vaccination card. .

“Until Wednesday we have validated by the Ministry of Health a number of doses that guarantees us to reach a coverage of 39%,” said the Secretary.

And he added: “The data sent until yesterday (Thursday, May 5), which is surely not reported to the PMU today because they must have a validation process, ensures that we would be complying with 40.09%. It would allow us to be in the city without the use of a mask in closed spaces, and without the requirement of a vaccination card.

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Similarly, the Secretary of Health confirmed that around 590 thousand and 630 thousand doses have been reported in the last two weeks until this Thursday, which allowed the reported indicator.

“We are requesting the Ministry of Health to accompany us between Monday and Tuesday on a technical visit, to verify the data that we are reporting at this time, and thus be able to give good news to our city,” Torres concluded.

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