(CRHoy.com) The Yellow Fever Vaccine is already available in the country, as reported by the Ministry of Health, this May 6.
The Intermed Drugstore, authorized distributor for the sale of this vaccine, informed the governing body of health thatthere are already enough doses to cover the national demand and therefore the commercialization of said vaccine has begun.
availability issues
The news comes after three months with availability problems, which caused that on January 21 of this year, the health authorities instructed the General Directorate of Immigration and Immigration and the Costa Rican Institute of Tourism to ignoring the requirement of the International Certificate of Vaccination against Yellow Fever.
At that time, Salud explained that the exception It would be temporary since the vaccine would be available again until the third week of February. However, on April 8, the entity responsible for compliance with this vaccination certificatebroke the obligation again due to the same problems.
The exception applies from that date (April 8) until next May 8. Of course, Health clarified that It is not related to the availability of the drug in pharmacies.
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