In parallel, the application of the second dose of the vaccine against COVID-19 will be carried out to adults over 60 years of the 8-8 circuit, and the start of Phase 2 of immunization in the 8-10 circuit, as well as announced the president of Panama, Laurentino Cortizo.
"The first week of April (Monday 5) the second dose of the
vaccine will be applied on 8-6 (San Miguelito) and in the second week of April, the second dose of the 8-8 circuit will be applied, but in parallel we will be beginning to place the first dose from 8-10 ”, said Cortizo during a tour of the province of Chiriquí.
The chief executive indicated that the vaccination strategy will continue to be “prioritized by circuits, with the support of the Ministry of Health (
Minsa).
In circuit 8-6 that includes the townships Amelia Denis de Icaza, Arnulfo Arias, Belisario Frías, Belisario Porras, José Domingo Espinar, township Mateo Iturralde, Omar Torrijos, Rufina Alfaro, Victoriano Lorenzo, a total of 48,827 older adults were reported vaccinated with the first dose.
While in the 8-8 circuit, which includes the townships of Juan Díaz, Don Bosco, Río Abajo, Parque Lefevre and San Francisco, a total of 43,701 doses of the
COVID-19
vaccine were applied.
Circuit 8-10 is made up of the townships of December 24, Tocumen, Las Mañanitas, Pedregal, Las Garzas, Pacora and San Martín, and it is expected that some 33, 322 adults over 60 years of age will be inoculated with the first dose against
coronavirus.