According to government authorities, in the provinces of Guayas, Los Ríos and Santa Elena there are a high number of unvaccinated people.
Carchi, Loja and Pichincha are the first three provinces of Ecuador in which more than 80% have been vaccinated of the population with two doses against the coronavirus, but only the last one exceeds 85%.
This is reflected in the data of the Vaccine meter, a tool created by the Ministry of Public Health (MSP) to know how the inoculation process is going.
As of December 9, Pichincha had 85.56% of its population with two doses; Carchi, 83.37%; and Loja, 81.44%.
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In Ecuador, the vaccination against coronavirus It began in January 2021, in the government of Lenín Moreno, and from May 24 it continued with the Guillermo Lasso administration.
The new government administration promised to vaccinate in the first 100 days to 9 million people with two doses or apply their 9/100 plan.
His new goal is to immunize the 85% of the vaccinable population, that is, greater than 5 years, until the end of this year, and thereby achieve the so-called herd immunity.
Jose Ruales, Deputy Minister of Governance and Health Surveillance of the MSP, clarified – in a radio interview – that collective immunity is not achieved only by reaching a number of vaccinated, because vaccination coverage needs to be homogeneous in all cantons, parishes and in the country.
Otherwise, he added, niches or places can be generated where the virus or transmission among unvaccinated can be maintained.
He noted that in the case of Pichincha that protects in a better way, but biosecurity measures must be maintained.
Low attendance of people to the Vaccination that was carried out this weekend at the national level
Ruales argued that in Guayas, Los Ríos and Santa Elena there are a high number of unvaccinated people, and that in Cañar, Pastaza, Zamora Chinchipe and Morona Santiago the coverage is low.
The official ruled out, for the moment, that the omicron variant of coronavirus circulate around the country.
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