Page Seven / La Paz
66% of children, adolescents and young people -from five to 17 years of age- of the educational units of the municipality of La Paz received the vaccines against Covid-19. City authorities urged parents to take their children to mobile and fixed immunization points.
The Municipal Secretary of Comprehensive Health and Sports reported that vaccination in the city of La Paz is carried out at mobile points, such as squares and educational units, as well as at fixed posts such as the five municipal hospitals: La Merced, Los Pinos, La Portada, Cotahuma and Peace.
The vaccination of children under 17 years of age in the country was authorized in October 2021. In this month, the Government authorized the application of the doses to young people between 16 and 17 years of age. In November the group was expanded to include those between 12 and 15 years old. Finally, in December of last year, immunization was extended to children between the ages of five and 11.
In the first half of 2021, the La Paz commune moved vaccination points to different areas of the city and fixed posts in the five municipal hospitals to initially vaccinate 16 and 17-year-olds, then adolescents and children. This action and immunization plan was carried out in accordance with the expansion and authorizations of the Government.
The Mayor’s Office also carried out a vaccination campaign called “Crusade for Life” which consisted of house-to-house inoculation, in health centers and municipal hospitals, as well as private clinics.
The service was provided 24 hours a day, between January 16 and February 16 of this year. The Ministry of Health reiterated the importance of the anticovid vaccine to take care of health.
