Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
In the coming months, Honduras will start to receive more vaccines against Covid-19 to protect the rest of the health workers and at-risk groups.
With the announcement by the Covax Mechanism that the country will receive 424,800 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine between March and May, plus the negotiations with which the country is closing Russia to obtain 140,000 doses of Sputnik V vaccineMore than 564,000 doses of the inoculators are expected to arrive in Honduras in the coming months. With that amount, most of the eligible groups will be vaccinated during the initial vaccination phase.
According to Plan for vaccine introduction Against covid-19 in the first phase, the aim is to vaccinate 297,150 Hondurans, among health workers, elderly people in nursing homes and care centers, adults over 60 years with co-morbidity, security personnel, first aid and the Public employees of the powers of the state that give direct attention.
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The Minister of Health, Alba Consuelo Flores, indicated that these doses enable the completion of the process and vaccinate the prioritized groups. “From the third week of March, we will be running a fairly lengthy vaccination process to favor health workers first and then people in general who are medically fit to use the vaccine,” the official said.
Arrival of doses
The minister recalled that the government is also negotiating with other companies to buy more vaccines. He assured that they will announce the conclusion of agreements with a number of pharmaceutical companies in the coming days.
Ida Berenice Molina, head of Comprehensive Immunization Program (PAI) of the Department of Health, LA PRENSA announced that the Covax donation will be received from the third week of March. “It will be gradually, the first shipment of vaccines reported to us is 48,000 doses, we are waiting for tomorrow (today) to receive the order form where they will specify the exact day the vaccine will be shipped by PAHO”, he explained. It is also expected to receive the Covax calendar next week with the monthly delivery data would complete the 424800 dosis.
The first 48,000 doses are expected to be administered before the end of March, but the drug’s expiration date will be reviewed to decide whether a single dose should be administered to the same number of people or if half should be saved for a second dose.
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Keys to vaccines 1. Purchase and investment How much money is invested in the purchase of vaccines has not been disclosed by the government agencies, they have merely pointed out that the necessary resources are being used to purchase them. They reported that there are about six million doses they will buy. 2. Agreements with companies In recent days, the government has announced agreements with pharmaceutical companies Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Moderna and the Sputnik V vaccine to reach the country; More news will come in the coming days, the authorities announced. 3. They administer vaccines The Sept. 15 Foundation of Hondurans living in the United States, together with Honduran Medical College (CMH) and US Congressman Ilhan Omar, is managing the shipment of vaccines against Covid-19 to the population due to the delay in vaccine arrival at the country |
“It would apply to health workers; We are waiting for the information as technical decisions will be made based on the expiration date of the vaccine, we cannot risk applying the first dose and not getting a second dose, we must have the calendar and make sure make sure we go received monthly, ”he explains.
The Covax Mechanism will donate more than 3.8 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine over the course of 2021 to immunize 1.9 million Hondurans.
In addition, authorities expect the first batch of Russian Sputnik V vaccines to arrive in mid-March, which consists of 70,000 doses, as detailed by Chancellor Lisandro Rosales, a second installment of the drug will be an additional 70,000 doses later, the Chancellor a few days ago.