They apply 7.5% of the Abdala vaccine – La Voz de la Frontera

A total of 7 million 844 of the Abdala dose of vaccine versus COVID-19 they have already been applied to the elderly and first responders in the various municipalities of the institution, confirmed the Baja California Department of Health.

This corresponds to 7.5% of the 104,600 doses of Cuban vaccine that have arrived in the state, announced exclusively for people over the age of 60, paramedics, police, health personnel and other emergency elements.

While vaccination progress by municipality has not been disclosed, the highest has been reported to be reported in the Tijuana health jurisdiction, which also serves the municipalities of Tecate and Playas de Rosarito.

Approved by the Federal Commission for Protection Against Health Risks (Cofepris) for emergency use in Mexico since last year, Cuba’s Abdala vaccine still does not have World Health Organization (WHO) approval, although its developers They claim it is 92% effective when three doses are applied.

According to the report of the Ministry of Health updated to December 20, in Baja California there are 760 active cases of Covid-19, of which nine have required hospitalization.

During the last week of surveillance, 713 new cases of the disease were detected and five people were confirmed to have died from it.