COVID-19 vaccination (courtesy)
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(CRHoy.com) One year and 9 months after the country’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign began, There are still 1,582,609 people to complete the immunization program against the virus.
This is demonstrated by the institutional data issued by the Costa Rica Social Security Fund (CCSS), the body in charge of imposing the doses available to the country.
It should be remembered that, since the end of February, the National Commission for Vaccination and Epidemiology (CNVE) agreed that the then booster dose, included in the vaccination program, so it was mandatory to complete it.
In this way, this biological went from being a reinforcer and became a mandatory dose for minors (over 12 years) and for public officials.
The measure was adopted at that time with the aim of preventing serious illnesses and countering the high hospitalization rates of unvaccinated people.
As well as the return to classes and the protection of children under the age of 5 who did not yet have a dose available.
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At the same time, the social security authorities have also made it clear that there are 200,432 people (over 12 years of age) who have not started the program, that is, they don’t have a single vaccine.
Nonetheless, 203,760 Costa Ricans have yet to advance in protection and wears the second anti-COVID-19 biologic.
For these reasons, Dr. Leandra Abarca, of the Institute’s Epidemiological Surveillance, urged the population not to miss the opportunity to protect themselves from a virus. “currently causing hospitalization and death”.
To know the health facilities where this vaccine is administered and the schedules where it applies, you can enter this link with the official information of the CCSS.
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