Puerto Rico is among the jurisdictions in the world that have administered the most vaccines against COVID-19

Puerto Rico ranks sixth among the world’s jurisdictions with the highest doses of COVID-19 vaccines, according to a report updated Wednesday by the Financial Times, an economics and business newspaper.

According to the report, which collects and analyzes data from various official sources of information, the island is surpassed only by the United States – which appears in a separate line and considers all its states -, the United Kingdom, Barain (a Middle Eastern country), The United Arab Emirates and Israel, which occupy the first position. The report is an analysis of the number of vaccines given per 100 inhabitants.

In a tweet, Governor Pedro Pierluisi celebrated the report and congratulated the Department of Health, Secretary Carlos Mellado and the team dedicated to the vaccination plan throughout the island, “as well as the Guard for their support in this effort. We will not rest until we have vaccinated everyone!

According to the latest data reported by Health, the island received 270,750 doses of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, of which they had been distributed 221,426 and he succeeded 136,682. The difference between distributed and registered, according to Mellado, is due to the fact that there are vaccines delivered to suppliers ready and waiting to be administered, or already administered to individuals, but not registered in the system whose figures are published by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

“The challenges are great, but the work of the vaccination team to immunize our people is greater,” the health secretary said in response to the Financial Times report.