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Uruguay only managed to vaccinate 51,5 % of the population of risk against the flu A, y occupies the ninth place in South America as for level of immunization. Nevertheless, the government evaluated the campaign of vaccination as a success. The Pan-American Organization of the Health OPS spread a report that shows that of the million persons who form the population of risk in Uruguay, only it was reached to vaccinate 515.000. When it finished the campaign of vaccination, on June 30, the director of immunization of the MSP, Teresa Pic?n, affirmed that the campaign had been one of the most successful in the history of the country, because there was reached more population than in the previous years. TAG GOOGLE SCRIPT type text/javascript> google_header; google_ad_client pub 2728517032854978; google_ad_slot 6707842369; google_ad_output js; google_max_num_ads 3; google_ad_type text_html; google_image_size 300x250; google_feedback on; google_holder_pos.push x20;/SCRIPT> script type text/javascript src http: // pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js>/script> OAS_AD x19; TAG GOOGLE In March, the minister of Health, Daniel Olesker, announced that a million vaccines would come to the country, but finally approximately 200.000 came less.
Also, the campaign began later of the awaited thing and the successive shipments of vaccines came late. According to the OPS, the population of risk in Uruguay is composed by 30.000 pregnant women, 640.000 persons with chronic illnesses, 120.000 individuals who are a personnel of health or of essential services and 210.000 persons in the category others. The report, of July 2, indicates that in Brazil there was vaccinated 88,3 % of the population of risk, in Argentina to 81,3 %, in Chile to 72,5 % and in Mexico to 96,7 %. Uruguay also is below the level of vaccination of Paraguay, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Cuba. On the other hand, whereas in the majority of the Latin-American countries the information about the vaccination is discriminated according to the groups of risk, alone Uruguay has the entire information. In Argentina, for example, there was inoculated 85,4 % of the pregnant women and to 93,7 % of the persons with chronic illnesses. The report points out that four countries of Latin America, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and Surinam, 140 acquired approximately millions of dose of the vaccine directly of the producing laboratories.
Another 23 countries of Latin America, between which one finds Uruguay, they acquired 20 million vaccines across the rotary fund of the OPS. Also, the WHO chose to 11 countries of the region to donate 11 million dose, and the Spanish government did donations to five countries of Central America.
http://www.elpais.com.uy/100710/pna...tad-de-la-poblacion-de-riesgo-no-fue-vacunada
Also, the campaign began later of the awaited thing and the successive shipments of vaccines came late. According to the OPS, the population of risk in Uruguay is composed by 30.000 pregnant women, 640.000 persons with chronic illnesses, 120.000 individuals who are a personnel of health or of essential services and 210.000 persons in the category others. The report, of July 2, indicates that in Brazil there was vaccinated 88,3 % of the population of risk, in Argentina to 81,3 %, in Chile to 72,5 % and in Mexico to 96,7 %. Uruguay also is below the level of vaccination of Paraguay, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Cuba. On the other hand, whereas in the majority of the Latin-American countries the information about the vaccination is discriminated according to the groups of risk, alone Uruguay has the entire information. In Argentina, for example, there was inoculated 85,4 % of the pregnant women and to 93,7 % of the persons with chronic illnesses. The report points out that four countries of Latin America, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and Surinam, 140 acquired approximately millions of dose of the vaccine directly of the producing laboratories.
Another 23 countries of Latin America, between which one finds Uruguay, they acquired 20 million vaccines across the rotary fund of the OPS. Also, the WHO chose to 11 countries of the region to donate 11 million dose, and the Spanish government did donations to five countries of Central America.
http://www.elpais.com.uy/100710/pna...tad-de-la-poblacion-de-riesgo-no-fue-vacunada