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iciHaiti - Covid-19 : Only 50,283 doses of vaccine injected in 2 months...
14/09/2021 10:44:30
Marie Greta Roy Clément, Minister of Public Health and Population reminds the population in general and priority groups (people with co-morbidities, the elderly, health professionals, social workers, etc...) in particular that the vaccination campaign against Covid-19 continues at the level of the 10 departments.
Consequently, all persons aged 18 and over are encouraged to go to the site closest to their home to be vaccinated.
List of 62 open vaccination centers (and opening hours) by department :
(updated September 6, 2021)
https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-34684-icihaiti-covid-19-list-of-covid-19-vaccination-sites-updateseptember-6-2021.html
As of September 9, 2021, 50,283 doses of the "Spikevax" vaccine (official name since June 21, 2021) from the MODERNA Laboratory (+4,423 in 2 days) have been injected in total since July 16, 2021, date of the first injection. 14,382 people are fully vaccinated (2 doses). Latest data available.
Recall that Haiti has benefited from a donation of 500,000 vaccines from the United States via the COVAX program whose expiry date ends at the end of November 2021 https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-34237-haiti-covid-500-000-vaccines-in-haiti-75-of-haitians-do-not-want-to-be-vaccinated.html
At the [slow] rate or advance of vaccinations, several hundred thousand doses of vaccines will expire before they are used and will have to be destroyed when due...
See also :
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-34736-haiti-diaspora-covid-19-daily-bulletin-542.html
https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-34684-icihaiti-covid-19-list-of-covid-19-vaccination-sites-updateseptember-6-2021.html
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-34237-haiti-covid-500-000-vaccines-in-haiti-75-of-haitians-do-not-want-to-be-vaccinated.html
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