Health Minister, Sílvia Lutucuta, announced the day before that the country has 948,466 doses that arrived on January 20 from the World Health Organization (WHO) reserve for these cases.
She specified that there are only eight million doses worldwide, which is why those assigned to the country are more valuable, where the most affected communities and the health personnel in the front line of health care will be immunized.
The decision on the places where the vaccine will be applied was taken after a thorough epidemiological analysis and mapping of cases and deaths, to reach the population that is really at risk, she said.
Lutucuta explained that immunization is part of the strategy recommended by the WHO to counter outbreaks of the disease when applied early in affected areas to prevent its spread.
The Euvichol-S oral vaccine is orally administered and can be applied to all persons aged one year or older, in a single dose, the minister said, adding that there is evidence of its effectiveness.
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