The indigenous people who have closed the road on several occasions have denounced that in order to receive some type of medical care, they are instructed that they must be vaccinated against the coronavirus, both for children and pregnant women.
Meeting is given to achieve the reopening of the road. Photo: Courtesy
After residents of the Ngabe-Buglé Comarca closed the road in San Félix denouncing that this ethnic group is being forced to receive the Covid-19 vaccine, the Minister in charge of Health Ivette Berrío traveled to the community to speak with this group and reiterate that the vaccine will not be imposed.
“We have come to reiterate the communication that the spokespersons and teams that we have sent a week ago have expressed that vaccination against the coronavirus is not mandatory and there is no reason to close the roads for that reason,” said the minister in charge.
The indigenous people who have closed the road on several occasions have denounced that in order to receive some type of medical care, they are instructed that they must be vaccinated against the coronavirus, both for children and pregnant women.
In addition to Minister Berrío, the Ombudsman Eduardo Leblanc also traveled to the Comarca to act as mediator in a meeting with the indigenous groups that have been involved in the recent road closures and that demanded the presence of the authorities in that place.
Leblanc also reiterated that vaccination is voluntary and that it is important that dialogue prevails to prevent third parties from being affected by the closure of roads and especially the students who go to schools.
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