Due to an increase in the doses the Health Department you will receive the vaccine Johnson & Johnson, Puerto Rico will have 135,070 vaccines against it COVID-19 for each of the next two weeks, an increase of just over 22,000 from the 113,000 allocated this week.
In this regard, the designated Secretary of the Department of Health, Carlos MelladoHe expected to soon announce another expansion of the population who would be eligible for the vaccine. At the moment, the country is in the phase 1-C, only the sub-phase 2, including the entire population aged 16 or older.
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The Johnson & Johnson allotment, requiring only one dose, will increase to 51,400 vaccines next week, after 20,300 are received this week.
The Johnson & Johnson shipment will make up for a reduction in the first few doses Pfizer, of which 47,970 vaccines will be received, as opposed to the 58,500 that came in for this week. In the case of the vaccine Modernthe island will receive 35,700 first doses, a slight increase from the 34,200 received this week.
The Department of Health press service also indicated that a further 47,970 vaccines corresponding to the second dose of Pfizer will arrive in Puerto Rico, as well as 34,200 second doses of the Moderna brand.
The total number of vaccines received will therefore be 217,240 vaccines next week, a difference of 23,240 compared to 194,000 this week.
Figures do not include vaccines that the federal government grants directly to major pharmacy chains or community pharmacies.
Loss of Johnson & Johnson Vaccines
However, Mellado clarified that, for the last week of April, a reduction in the amount of vaccines received will be observed due to the manufacturing error in the Johnson & Johnson vaccines, which caused the loss of approximately 15 million doses.
“We get a drop in the vaccine from Janssen (Johnson & Johnson subsidiary manufacturing the antidote), ”said Mellado, not estimating how much the decline would be in Puerto Rico.
Given the concerns that may arise about the quality of Johnson & Johnson’s product, the Department of Health clarified that the doses arriving on the island correspond to vaccines produced in the Netherlands, not factory-located in the state Maryland where it was detected. manufacturing defect.
As for the expansion of vaccination, Mellado did not specify whether the process would, in fact, be fully opened or whether some subdivision would be implemented within the general population. President Joe Biden It has demanded that by May 1, it is the turn of the entire adult population to be vaccinated.
‘I should see it. I have to contact (the staff of the Vaccination programMy projection is to start everyone on the vaccine (before May 1), ”the official said to press inquiries.
The Digital Health Dashboard has registered about 679,420 people who have received at least one dose of the vaccine, of which 381,452 have already gone through the cycle. In Puerto Rico, 1,060,872 doses have been administered among all available vaccines.