The Ministry of Health, after verifying the quality conditions of the 332,640 of the vaccine against covid-19 from Modern defined that they will begin to be distributed from 3 am on Friday and will be specifically aimed at people over 50 years old and people with comorbilidades according to the guidelines established for the application as second doses in an interval of 28 days.
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The remaining doses will be allocated progressively as they are defined in specific ways in the regions.
“Additionally, new batches of Moderna will be expected in the coming days, which will be released in accordance with the quality process, as has always been the case.“said the Minister of Health Fernando Ruiz Gomez.
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Similarly, between Friday and Saturday the arrival of 1.4 million doses of the vaccine is expected. Janssen which will allow to continue advancing with the National Vaccination Plan.
According to Germán Escobar, chief of staff of the Health portfolio, it is expected that in the next few days doses of the Moderna pharmaceutical company will continue to arrive until complete 4.3 million of doses before the end of the month.
According to figures from the Ministry of Health, to date there are more than 38 million doses of the vaccine against covid-19 in the country and 16,286,716 Colombians already have complete schedules of immunization.
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