In recent days, the sticker that is given to vaccinated patients is starring in all the photos of tourists around the city.
And there is something more important to show beyond the bright notices in Times Square, something that is very fashionable among Central and South American tourists who come to the city, something that could be called medical tourism.
There are vaccination sites throughout the city, ready to welcome anyone who needs to be vaccinated.
A family traveled from Guatemala in search of the longed-for vaccination against Covid-19: “The vaccination scheme in Guatemala barely covers 0.9% of the population. We are at the highest peak of the third wave in our country. We are personal doctor, so we decided to cover ourselves so that we could continue serving our country. “
In the case of another family of Colombians, the outlook is not more encouraging either. From this South American nation, a renowned journalist prepares suitcases to come to be immunized because he lives in the midst of uncertainty: “We are having frankly terrifying figures. Of the worst countries that have handled the pandemic in the world. We were almost complete with Brazil and India in the number of deaths, “explains Diego Guauque, a journalist for Seventh Day.
And he assures that the vaccination schedule is so slow that he would have to wait months or even a year for his daughter and wife to be immunized. And those who are already in the age range to be inoculated, have to wait for long hours: “To get vaccinated here are long lines. I have seen testimonies of up to a day or almost 24 hours, you have to wait to get vaccinated in the authorized sites” , Wow confirms.
Although New York does not keep a count of how many foreigners have been vaccinated in the city, the offer of free vaccines – at any time – is attracting people from all over the world.
Including entire families, such as a group also from Colombia, to whom the injection brought a little pain but, equally, a lot of tranquility
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