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Published on Thursday, December 23,
2021
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff Costa Rica has
imported 8,291,745 vaccines against
covid-19, according to the National
Emergency Commission.
The most recent shipment arrived yesterday on a DHL cargo flight at the Juan Santamarķa International Airport, containing 225,810 doses of Pfizer vaccines, completing the purchased 6,002,165 doses to inoculate more than 3 million people. This is in addition to the already imported one million doses of AstraZeneca vaccines purchased for the treatment of more than 500,000 people. The previous purchases are in addition to the 259,350 doses imported through the Covid-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX), which is a worldwide initiative aimed at equitable access to vaccines approved by the World Health Organization. These vaccines are part of the purchased 2,037,600 doses to provide treatment to more than one million people. The country has received more than one million vaccines donated by friendly countries and biotechnology corporations. In November, the British-Swedish company AstraZeneca donated 31,400 doses. In October, Costa Rica received three different donations of vaccines. Pfizer donated 130 doses of their vaccine. The Dominican Republic donated 56,800 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccines. And Austria donated 50,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines. In September, Costa Rica received 69,600 doses of AstraZeneca donated by Spain. Plus an additional shipment of 319,200 AstraZeneca doses donated by Canada during the same month. In July, the U.S. donated 503,100 doses of Pfizer vaccines. Recently, the government announced the purchase of half a million Pfizer vaccines from Spain, that will be used for booster doses. According to the authorities, this vaccine shipment is scheduled to arrive sometime this month. There are more than enough vaccines available to get Costa Rica to the goal of herd immunity by vaccinating 83% of the population, which is more than 4.2 million people are fully vaccinated. So far, 92% of the population have received at least one dose. The vaccination campaign will soon include children between the ages of 5 and 11 years old starting in January, according to the Ministry of Health. As of Wednesday, the country has had 7,343 covid-19 related deaths, approximately a 1.3% death rate, according to the Health Ministry. The pandemic has killed more than 5.3 million people worldwide, according to data collected by Johns Hopkins University. How have covid restrictions impacted your life? We would like to know your thoughts on this story. Send your comments to news@amcostarica.com Real
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