Since last January, an immunization plan has been applied in Ecuador.
The Ministry of Public Health (MSP) declares the obligation to be vaccinated against COVID-19, which is based on the Organic Health Law.
According to numeral 4 of the Article 6 of the regulations, One of the responsibilities of the MSP is to declare the mandatory immunizations against certain diseases, under the terms and conditions that the national and local epidemiological reality requires; define the standards and the basic national immunization scheme; and provide the population with the necessary elements to fulfill it at no cost.
The Government’s argument is increase in infections, the circulation of new variants like omicron.
Between December 20 and 21, there was an increase of 467 infected in the country. In addition, there was an increase in the occupation of beds in the medical units. In the intensive care unit (ICU), the occupancy rate ranges between 24% and 77%.
The MSP also bases its decision in the Constitution It is argued that it is a State right to guarantee comprehensive health care or to put the general interest before the individual.
In the document, indicated that State portfolio, the resolution of the National Emergency Operations Committee (COE) was included on the presentation compulsory vaccination card or certificate in public care spaces or for non-essential activities excluding health, education, work and public services.
But immunization is not mandatory for people presenting any medical condition or contraindication.
Since last January, Ecuador has carried out a vaccination plan It includes two doses and even a booster dose is already applied to healthcare personnel and the elderly, as well as to people with immunosuppression.
The public places where a vaccination card will be requested in Guayaquil
At the same time, from this Thursday, began to request in some places the vaccination certificate for admission.
For the Minister of Health, Ximena Garzón, it is a pity that in certain places this requirement has not been met.
I affirm that have been based on the laws that is in the country.
“As the Ministry of Public Health we have declared mandatory for the vaccine against COVID precisely because we want to protect the health of all citizens, “he said in a television interview.
Garzón added that still cannot be declared that the omicron is from community spread.
According to Vaccine meter, a tool that allows to follow the vaccination process, 84.84% of the vaccinable population, that is, the one over 5 years old, has received the first dose; and 77.23%, the second dose.
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