The municipal administration of Mayagüez and its mayor, José Guillermo Rodríguez, have been coordinating for days together with senior officials of the National Guard of Puerto Rico, the beginning of the vaccination against Covid-19 in this city, which will also cover the inhabitants of neighboring cities.
The plans are directed so that, starting with mid-January 2021, the Covid-19 Vaccination Center in Mayagüez will start operating, once the National Guard will determine whether it will operate from the facilities of the Isidoro García Stadium or the Recreation Palace. and Sports in this city.
A few days ago, a meeting was held led by Mayor Rodríguez, city administrator Reinaldo Torres, epidemiologist Yadira Guilloty and senior National Guard (GN) officials, who are responsible for the vaccination process in which a number of agreements have been reached.
He is expected to travel to Mayagüez in the coming days to visit both facilities and determine if they meet the requirements, although in a recent radio interview in which Mayor Rodríguez and General Reyes agreed, it appears that could lean towards the Isidoro García Stadium area.
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Both Mayor Rodríguez and General Reyes said that the massive flu vaccination that was carried out a few weeks ago in a car at the Isidoro García Stadium facilities served as a process with the logistics and the operation that was carried out.
“We have informed General Reyes that, as during the flu vaccination, we will provide him with the resources for emergency management, medical emergencies, the municipal police and the staff needed to vaccinate Covid-19. “Mayor Rodríguez said in written statements emphasizing,” we are close to the vaccine. “
As General Reyes told Mayor Rodríguez, vaccination has begun in other regions, as Mayagüez and Aguadilla, according to the study, are not among the highest incidences of reported cases.
In addition, the amount of vaccines that have arrived in Puerto Rico is not enough to affect the 11 regions where vaccination will be performed simultaneously in the coming weeks.