As of September 2020, more than 5,000 nurses had been infected with COVID-19, since his work of direct contact with patients puts them on the front lines of fighting the pandemic.
Elena Gutierrez Mamani, coordinator of the Honorio Delgado hospital, in the area of immunizations, He said that he is waiting for the arrival of the first doses of the Sinopharm vaccine.
“Now that we know that the vaccine is coming, it is an enormous peace of mind because many of our professional colleagues at the national level are waiting for the most desired. Now we are going to continue, we are in a difficult time and we are going to be able to face with greater strength, we need that to protect ourselves”He commented.
With the arrival of the vaccine, Gutierrez stressed that they will be able to provide more support to the population. “We continue despite everything, go ahead and we will continue working, giving the best of ourselves for others”, He mentioned.
For its part, in Chiclayo, more than 1,500 nurses will be vaccinated to continue to face the pandemic in Peru. Viviana Santillán, dean of the Chiclayo College of Nurses, highlighted the benefits of vaccination in the face of a health crisis.
“I am very optimistic, I am a health nurse and I know the benefits of vaccines”, He mentioned.
The immunization coordinator of the Regional Health Management, José Enrique Salazar, indicated that 12,800 doses will be administered to health personnel.
In Tacna, the Nursing department of the Hipólito Unanue hospital reported that More than 4,300 people who are on the front line of the response against COVID-19 will be immunized in the region.
Nursing graduate Jenny Zegarra, a member of a vaccination brigade, was selected to administer the vaccines in the region.
“(The vaccine) is not only an individual protection, but if we see in the history of Public Health, vaccination has caused several diseases to be eradicated,” he concludes.
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