(CNN) – The countries of Latin America and the Caribbean have been notified of their first vacancies against the covid-19 by COVAX, a coalition led by the World Health Organization (OMS) and Gavi, the Vacation Alliance for guarantee an equitable access, following a press release issued by the Domino of the Panamericana de la Salud (OPS).
Through maps sent to the health authorities, it has informed 36 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean about its estimated dose assignment for the first phase of vaccination, according to the OPS communication.
AstraZeneca’s vacancy will be summoned first, although the OMS will be reviewing it for its emergency approval. This proposal is expected in a few days, following the OPS.
“With more than 45 million confirmed cases and more than a million deaths, the countries and territories of the Americas, particularly the poorest, are experiencing a sanitary, economic and social crisis without precedent”, said the director of the OPS, Carissa F. Etienne.
“The entry of the vaccine into the works of the COVAX mechanism is a hopeful step in the fight against this virus and the OPS is committed to facilitating an emergency that is necessary for our region”.
Carriage entry entry chronogram
It is estimated that there will be an increase of 35.3 million doses in the region in this first stage. Deberían reads its destination from the second quarter of February to the second quarter of 2021. The vaccine dose figures are based on the production capacity and agreements of the summit, in addition to the emergency use approval, according to the communication of the OPS.
Before the entry of the vacancy, the countries of the region participating in COVAX are now starting the preparations to receive and apply the vacancies, following the OPS.
Additional doses for Bolivia, Colombia, El Salvador and Peru
In addition, an independent selection committee for four Latin American countries participating in COVAX, based on pandemic risk criteria, impact and mortality rates during the last weeks, to receive a limited dose of Pfizer-BioNTech dose dose by its assigned.
Bolivia, Colombia, El Salvador and Peru received a total dose of 377,910 doses from the holiday date of Pfizer, which’s espera lleguen a mediados de febrero, sujeto a acuerdos de suministro.