However, 20 countries in the region are still not reaching the immunization coverage target of 40 percent by the end of the year, the authority warned in its regular virtual press conference on Tuesday.
We hope that some of these will reach that goal set by the World Health Organization in the coming weeks, but Guatemala and several Caribbean islands, such as Haiti, Jamaica and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, are left behind, the executive said.
This week, more than 1.6 million doses are being delivered to the states of the subcontinent, which adds up to a total of 72 million doses so far, said Etienne, who announced the arrival of more doses in the coming days.
We run to protect people from this virus, the doctor remarked, although, she indicated, the disease will require a long-term strategy, while “we learn more about the duration of protection, the impact of inoculation on different age groups and the behavior of new variants ”, he asserted.
PAHO’s vision is to guarantee access to vaccines for all eligible inhabitants of the region, and in order to comply with it, we must use our proven and sustainable mechanism to secure drugs now and for years to come, said the entity’s director. in reference to the Revolving Fund.
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