The Nation / Presidency postpones declaring a holiday for mass vaccination, after a study in the Senate

Dr. Guillermo Sequera, general director of Health Surveillance, referred to the national holiday bill that the Executive Power proposed for next Monday, July 19, with the aim of facilitating mass vaccination in the country. He argues that the number of people who received the vaccines in recent days exceeded the forecasts estimated by Public Health.

“In epidemiological terms, considering the rate of vaccination during working hours, I think (the holiday) would not be necessary. 10 days ago I was going to be convinced that it was, but as we get closer to the date and rate of vaccination, I think it would not contribute much to make a holiday “, said Sequera, this morning, in contact with 730 AM.

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Sequera estimates that, according to the large number of vaccinated, it will reach 50% of the population that must be vaccinated, in addition, there is currently not a sufficient number of doses of anti-COVID vaccines, despite the fact that the date above another load important of Pfizer vaccines.

Deputies approved yesterday that the Executive Power declare a national holiday in July and / or August to facilitate anti-COVID vaccination, but they excluded the proposed date and urged the release of immunization for those over 18 years of age, nationals and foreigners, without termination of identity card. The bill would only be analyzed in the next few days by the Senate, which this Thursday turned the proposal over to committees.

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Sequera said that so far the delta variant has not been detected in the country. However, they await more data on Paraguayans residing in Argentina who were detected with this strain traveling from Paraguay to Argentina. “The report is very brief. We claim Argentina. There are 2 people from Paraguay. They both live in Argentina. They told us that in the next few hours they will be giving us more precise data, ”he said.

A batch of 35,100 doses of the Pfizer vaccine will arrive at Silvio Pettirossi airport this afternoon, around 4:00 pm. In principle, this lot was scheduled to arrive this Friday, July 16. Public Health expects the next batches of Pfizer to arrive on July 23 and 30.

Public Health reported in its last court on Wednesday that 109,205 people received a dose of the vaccine against COVID-19, which constitutes a new record of immunized in a marathon day in the country. Central is the most populous in the country and where yesterday some 33,900 people aged 35 and over were immunized, and this Thursday there are 16,000 vaccinated until noon.

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