The Minister of Health and Social Protection, Fernando Ruiz, explained on Monday that the Government aims to mitigate the impact of coronavirus infections that will occur once Easter Week is over. He also explained that the real effects of the immunization against the Covid-19 virus will not be felt until about 80% of the inhabitants of Colombia are vaccinated, which will not happen until the end of this year.
Although the vaccination process is complicated due to all the logistics needed to carry it out and the high costs, the pace of vaccination in the country is one of the slowest in the world and misinformation is abundant; therefore, below you will find the latest news on how the vaccination process against Covid-19 is going in Colombia:
423,536 people have received second dose of anticovid vaccine
Colombia reached the third coronavirus peak as the disease progresses vaccination against Covid-19 in adults over 60 years of age seeking to address the mortality and severe symptoms that this virus triggers in the body.
It was reported that 423,536 second doses have been applied in the country, which means that this number of Colombians have already been fully immunized against Covid-19. An average of 71,586 doses per day and some 21,336 second doses were applied.
El gobierno reglamentará que el sector privado compre y distribuya vacunas contra el COVID-19.
The Ministry of Health of Colombia issued a draft resolution with which it established the rules for the private sector to purchase Covid-19 vaccines and support the second phase of vaccination in the country.
The draft establishes that the private sector will be able to negotiate, acquire and import vaccines against Covid-19 into Colombia only if they comply with a series of conditions such as guaranteeing their application, providing the necessary conditions for their conservation, assuming the costs of importation and the responsibilities derived from administering them. Vaccines administered by the private sector must be free of charge for the persons to whom they are applied, according to the decree.
The government announces changes in the arrival of COVID-19 vaccines in April.
The Ministry of Health confirmed on Tuesday delays from the pharmaceutical company Sinovac in the delivery of a batch of Covid-19 vaccine that was scheduled for the first week of April. These are a 500 mil dosis destinadas a la inmunización de adultos mayores de 70 años.
The health authority informed that following this situation, and in order not to affect the progress of the National Vaccination Plana 'plan b' has been prepared: a new redistribution of AstraZeneca's 244,800 doses will be made. which are already stored in the country and which in principle corresponded to medical personnel who had not been called during the first and second stages of vaccination, however, this was not the case for those who had not been called during the first and second stages of vaccination. but it does not mean that these doses of Sinovac vaccine will not arrive but will be delayed: they are expected to arrive this Sunday.
April 11
Antioquia's struggle in the third wave of Covid-19 infections
In the department more ICU beds are being enabled and measures were taken such as the touch in the 10 municipalities of the metropolitan area del área metropolitana and in the near East every day from 6 p. m. to 5:00 a. m. the next day from April 5 until April 19 of the same month; also schools and some universities return to virtuality,
With 91.6% occupancy of ICU beds and 15,836 active Covid-19 cases, Antioquia faces one of the worst periods with Covid-19 and that occurs with the so-called third wave.
The Governor's Office of Antioquia informed that together with the Ministry of Health, the IPS and EPS of the department, some adjustments have been made in the provision of health services, among which it is worth mentioning that the number of respiratory beds has increased from 130 to 206. y se espera que a partir de este lunes se puedan sumar otras 46 camas a las 1.247 UCI existentes en el momento.
Total mobility restriction in Bogota: this is how it applies between April 10 and 13, 2021
Through Decree 135 of April 5, 2021, it was announced that Bogota will experience a new restriction on the movement of people and vehicles. between 00:00 hours on Saturday, April 10, 2021 and until 04:00 hours on Tuesday, April 13, 2021, this measure seeks to address the third Covid-19 peak faced by Bogota.
To whom does this measure not apply?
Public and private health services and their personnel, those who are in charge of elderly people, people under 18 years of age, dependents, sick people, people with disabilities and vulnerable people are exempted from the measure. Additionally, those who work preserving public order, general security and health care, matters of force majeure or extreme necessity are also exempted.
To know all the exceptions to this measure you can consultar el refer to Decree 135 of April 5, 2021..
