The Government of Japan donated to the Ministry of Health (Minsa) of Nicaragua supplies valued at more than 400 thousand dollars to combat COVID-19 and strengthen the cold chain that allows maintaining vaccines to immunize against the virus.
The United Nations Agency that works to Defend the Rights of Children (UNICEF) notified that the Japanese embassy in Managua delivered to the head of Health, Martha Reyes, the amount of 80 refrigerators, 125 cold boxes and 130 refrigerants to expand the storage capacity of vaccines.
“With the support of the government and people of Japan, Unicef delivered to the Ministry of Health supplies valued at 417,214.31 dollars to strengthen the cold chain and take vaccines to the farthest places in the country; and respond to the pandemic covid-19″, reported in his account Twitter the international body.
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The donation ceremony was held at the Health Supplies Center (CIPS) with the presence of the Japanese ambassador to Nicaragua, Kazuhito Nakamura, the Unicef representative, Antero Almeida, and Minister Reyes.
“This donation has reinforced and will further strengthen the experience that the Nicaraguan Ministry of Health has in its ordinary vaccination projects and programs,” said the Japanese ambassador during the delivery of the donation.
Antero Almeida, representative of Unicef, indicated that “they are essential equipment for the conservation, handling, transfer of vaccines against COVID-19, to every corner of Nicaragua. Japan supports the country’s efforts to maintain its cold chain and thus guarantee the vaccines that reach the population.
As of May 6, Nicaragua has vaccinated the 70 % of the population two years and older. The Minsa has applied a total of 10 million 404 thousand 774 doses between first and second doses against COVID-19, according to data released by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO),
Of that total of vaccines, those immunized with the first dose are 5,714,698 Nicaraguans inoculated and of those, more than 5 million have received a second dose to 4,690,076 of the population two years of age and older, details the agency.
In the most recent report on the incidence of COVID-19 in Nicaragua, the Minsa registers 18,735 confirmed cases and 236 deaths, in more than two years of the pandemic.
