TEGUCIGALPA.
Representatives of the Government of Honduras they meet in Geneva, Switzerland, with the authorities of the World Health Organisation (WHO) to ensure that the country receives the maximum possible vaccines within the reach of the mechanism Covax / Gavi already published for each country.
The Honduran delegation will support the WHO that the situation of Honduras is special because it was the only country in the world besides the pandemic caused by the COVID-19 was influenced by two hurricanes last November.
In addition, the delegation consisted of the minister Carlos Madero, The Chancellor Lisandro Rosales and the doctor Yolani Batres, representative of Honduras in the program CovaxThey will take the opportunity to meet with the directors of the pharmaceutical houses with which agreements have already been made to receive the vaccine and whose headquarters are largely located in that city.
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data 1.8 The Ministry of Health expects millions of doses to vaccinate the population in the coming days. 800,000 The doses of AstraZeneca vaccines are guaranteed for Honduras through the Covax / Gavi mechanism. |
Knock on doors
Last week, the Honduran delegation in Washington asked the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) the maximum range of vaccines to prevent more deaths, they also asked for access to the Pfizer. According to Minister Madero, there has already been confirmation of the vaccine from the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca with a range of 800,000 doses.
With the request for WHO and the OPS The release of the vaccine is intended to continue in the short term, bearing in mind that “the planet must be just with whoever suffers the most, including HondurasMadero noted.
Yesterday, President Juan Orlando Hernández convened the Council of Ministers to receive an update on the vaccination plan and the steps the delegation is taking with the OPS and pharmaceutical companies. This day is it Health Secretary will communicate to the public the order of population groups to be vaccinated, in accordance with the recommendations of health authorities and Honduran law.
Honduras receives sufficient vaccines as a donation Covax / Gavi to immunize 20% of its population, that is, about 1.9 million vaccinations
The government will acquire the remaining 20% of the vaccines through the Ministry of Health revolving funds and add the 1.4 million doses that the Honduran Social Security Institute (IHSS) will purchase for application to its affiliates and dependents in total 9.4 million vaccinations for 81% of the medically fit population.
In the first batch of vaccines, priority will be given to physicians, young people who have served in medical brigades and triage centers, microbiologists, nurses, radiology and X-ray technicians, anesthetists and other health professionals.
The vaccines obtained by the IHSS are intended for the beneficiaries and their families, and their representatives have said the implementation plan is already in place.
AstraZeneca drugs purchased by Social Security will arrive April 21.
The cabinet is giving up its space to be vaccinatedTEGUCIGALPA. President Juan Orlando Hernández announced yesterday that he and his government cabinet are giving up their space to be vaccinated against covid-19 in the first phase, in order to give preference to the elderly. Based on the recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO), the first phase of vaccination involves the vaccination of health workers, the elderly in nursing homes and day centers, the elderly with one or more morbidities, care workers, security and the three branches of the state. “According to PAHO technical recommendations, the Presidents of the Three Powers and Senior Officials of the State of the Nations are expected to receive the covid-19 vaccine within stage one, but this cannot be the case. We must give precedence to the most vulnerable, ”the president wrote on Twitter. |