The Secretary of the Department of Health, Carlos Mellado López, signed this afternoon the administrative order that guarantees the vaccination process exclusively for the population over the age of 65 or over, in the next four weeks.
According to the Order, “the lack of vaccines deserves to be prioritized in vaccination to protect the most vulnerable and essential personnel to deal with the emergency caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.” This group was established as elderly due to the high level of risk.
“For the next 28 days, the first doses of vaccines distributed by the Department of Health to public and private organizations will be provided with priority to adults over 65 in all established vaccination centers, except for centers dedicated to vaccination education system staff,” the administrative order states. .
In addition, he emphasizes that the vaccination process will continue strictly through vaccination stages and appoints health inspectors to ensure compliance with it.
The order also clarifies that the turn of respondents will start again when the turn of older adults ends.
Earlier, the head of Health asked the general public to respect and wait for their turn to be vaccinated, according to the current phase. He also stressed that all requests for vaccination should be directed to the Department of Health, which is the Agency that leads the public health efforts.
We signed the administrative order to guarantee the vaccination process exclusively for the population over the age of 65. I trust the collaboration of all our suppliers for the faithful fulfillment of the mentioned guide. pic.twitter.com/ypVADy2ZHD
– Carlos Mellado López (@prsecsalud) February 2, 2021
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