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Headquarters distributes Johnson & Johnson vaccines to 10 municipalities, prioritizes the metropolitan area

The director of the Departmental Health Service (Headquarters), Erwin Viruez, confirmed that already the first doses of Johnson & Johnson have been distributed to various vaccination centers in the department. For the moment 10 municipalities have received this first installment.

The distribution of the vaccines produced in the Janssen laboratories is carried out to the extent that “the first doses of Sputnik V and Sinopharm were exhausted“, corroborated the director of the Headquarters. He complemented that the vaccines will be distributed throughout the municipality,” prioritizing the metropolitan area. “

The first municipalities to receive Johnson & Johnson doses have been Cotoca, with 10,500, and the four municipalities of the provincia Ichilo, that together they received 10,000 doses.

The particularity of the North American vaccine is that it is a single application. “It will allow a greater volume of protected population,” said Viruez.

The Headquarters is studying various ways of expanding vaccination to reach herd immunity as soon as possible. For the moment, 36% of the population of vaccinable age has received the first dose. The director of the institution announced that tomorrow the opening of new vaccination centers in the city will be made official to expand coverage and facilitate access to doses for the population.

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