Venezuela starts coronavirus vaccination this week
President Nicolás Maduro announced that from this Thursday, after the arrival of the first doses of vaccines, medical personnel and various government officials will be vaccinated
This Thursday, the first vaccination campaign against the coronavirus begins in Venezuela, after the arrival of the first 100,000 Russian Sputnik V vaccines to the country.
This was announced by President Nicolás Maduro at a press conference from the Miraflores Palace in Caracas, where he indicated that one of the first to receive the vaccine will be the country’s medical personnel.
“On Thursday, February 18, we started the vaccination of all health personnel in the country and the personnel that are prioritized”, Maduro said.
On the other hand, he assured that it is planned for the month of April to start with mass vaccination for the inhabitants of Venezuela.
The vaccination plan includes “authorities who, due to their street work, justify their special protection for the State to continue its march, and also the deputies will be vaccinated in this first stage.”
The doses that arrived in the country represent just 1 % of the agreement reached with Russia for the provision of these supplies to combat COVID-19.
In addition to the 10 million doses agreed with Russia, Venezuela has reserved between 1.4 and 2.4 million AstraZeneca vaccines through the Covax system of the World Health Organization (WHO).
K. Tovar
Source: France24
