With free food and medicine, a private company supports the vaccination process in Ecuador | Economy | News

Farmacias Economicas and Almacenes Tía undertake campaigns to promote comprehensive health care through incentives.

June 16, 2021 – 12:56 p.m.

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The private company also makes its contribution to this vaccination process and does so by encouraging it through the delivery of food and medicine kits.

Cheap Pharmacies, part of Farmaenlace Cía. Ltda., Delivered health kits to older adults at different vaccination points in the city of Quito on June 5.

He did it in order to contribute to the general well-being. They were more than 1,000 kits aimed at those who left the premises after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine.

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These kits contained water, alcohol, vitamins and discount coupons exclusive that can be used in the different points of this chain.

“At Farmacias Económica we are committed to the comprehensive care of the elderly. That is why we wanted to be present at such a special time for our grandparents and give them these kits with some benefits to facilitate their access to medicines, vitamins and other products for their general well-being ”, said Xavier Velasco, commercial manager of Farmacias Económica.

The Ecuadorian business organization is dedicated to the distribution and commercialization of pharmaceutical products and basic necessities. This network of Cheap Pharmacies was born in 2002 and currently has 521 stores.

Meanwhile, the food industry also makes the incentive to take care of health. Since last Monday, Almacenes Tía launched the campaign called “Only in Tía, your vaccine rewards you.”

The purpose of this program is to promote the vaccination plan and thus ensure that the Ecuadorians summoned attend to inoculate themselves against COVID-19.

“One of Tía’s priorities has always been to be close to Ecuadorian families. We are sure that we can all contribute our grain of sand to the vaccination plan that fully benefits Ecuadorian families and, in turn, to the economic reactivation of the country, ”said Noralva Rengifo, Marketing Director of Almacenes Tía.

Since Monday the private company delivers a food kit if two requirements are met: present the vaccination card and the Más card.

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The product kit contains: Ta’Riko rice 1 kg, Ta’Riko tuna 170 g, Ta’Riko spaghetti noodles 400 g, Ta’Riko salt 500 g, Ta’Riko mayonnaise doypack 200 g. According to Almacenes Tía, products may vary according to stock.

This benefit applies nationwide and up to five days after the vaccination date.; also, only for one dose, whether this is the first or second injection. The campaign will be in effect until the stock is exhausted.

Tía registers 235 stores located in 22 provinces and 106 cities in the country, and two national distribution centers. Its first location was established in November 1960.

President Guillermo Lasso reacted to the initiative on his Instagram account and uploaded a story with the image of Tía’s campaign with the phrase: “# ElPlanVacunación9100 is everyone’s commitment.”

Consultation of place of vaccination

Delportal Supermarkets reported this Tuesday through its social networks and with the tags # vacúnate and # vaccinacovid19 that citizens can check the place of inoculation on the invoices.

This is possible by entering the complete data after making the purchase.

Almacenes Tía also has this process in its points of sale, in www.tia.com.ec/vacunación or by calling 1800-842842, option 1. (I)

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