Users go to inoculation sites to receive first, second, or booster doses.
The Ministry of Public Health (MSP) estimates that there is a 30% increase in attendance of users to 136 centers and vaccination points against COVID-19 in Quito. It went from 12,400 to 17,700 approximately.
Janeth Yar, zonal responsible for Public Health Surveillance of Zone 9, which corresponds to the Metropolitan District of Quito of the SMEs, said that this increase has occurred from December 20 to 27.
“The trend has been to go up (the presence) of people for both first and second doses, of laggards and also what the reinforcements are; it’s 30% more, ”he said.
One of the age groups that have shown the greatest interest in going, he added, they are 25 years old, and he recalled that this population had to be inoculated in the month of August.
According to Yar, there is 30% more vaccine stock than they had programmed, for which he affirmed that there are no crowds or waiting lines.
Since last December 23, the Government established the obligation to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and to present a document that certifies it to go to public service establishments, such as shopping centers, supermarkets, restaurants.
If the commercial premises do not ask for this document, will be sanctioned. This has already happened in at least five establishments, in several provinces, which allowed the entry of people without a license or without a certificate.
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Of the 136 vaccination points in Quito, three have been enabled in dependencies of the Civil registration: in the north, in the center and in the south. They will run until December 30.
This Wednesday, before noon, about 20 people, of different ages, They were waiting to access the inoculation in the entity’s matrix, which is located in the northern sector of the city.
Users waited seated in marriage room 3, which was adapted for vaccination. Others had to wait a few feet on their feet; and some citizens, abroad.
Wilson moreno, who is about to meet 60 years, went to have the booster administered. He said he was waiting about 20 minutes. He didn’t know how long he was going to wait, but he maintained that it took a little patience.
Moreno had returned to the place since the day before the vaccinations had been finished. He was there at 3:30 p.m. A sign, placed on a glass door at the entrance of the room, indicates that the attention is from 08:00 to 16:00.
He agrees with the request for the inoculation document, but believes that some procedure should be applied to verify that whoever presents it is really the vaccinated person.
Angelica Lizama led to his nephew, who is about to turn 14, for the first dose to be placed. He had to wait around three hours. He had been told that six people had to be there to open a container of the Pfizer vaccine. The boy lives in Guayaquil and was unable to access the vaccine before due to a disorganization at school.
“For health, for his family environment, because of the school environment, it is better, “said Lizama, about the importance of accessing vaccination.
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Meanwhile, the national Emergency Operations Committee (COE) will study, in the coming days, the possibility that the users present the vaccination document against COVID-19 also in public transport units.
Juan Zapata, president of the national COE, indicated that the National Transit Agency (ANT) will see the operational viability, technical and legal, how it would be applied, if so resolved, in addition to the sanction.
The subject would be analyzed between Monday or Tuesday of next week, in the plenary session of the national COE.
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