The United States donated 52,800 doses of pediatric vaccines against Covid-19 to Cape Verde, so that the country begins to immunize children between the ages of 5 and 11, it was reported on Wednesday.
In a joint statement, the Cape Verde Ministry of Health and the US Embassy in Praia said the batch of vaccine arrived in Cape Verde on July 24, donated through the US Agency for the International Development (USAID), in collaboration with the Covax mechanism. .
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First shipments of pediatric vaccines sound of pfizer and serve to vaccinate children from 5 to 11 years old against the Covid-19 pandemic, reads the same note.
These pediatric vaccines are part of US President Joe Biden’s commitment to donate the Covid-19 vaccine to countries around the world.
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During the Second Global Summit on Covid-19, held in May, the The United States announced its commitment to expand the types of effective and safe vaccine donationsto include booster doses and pediatric doses, to accelerate global vaccine coverage and meet demand for pediatric doses from partner countries for children aged 5-11 years.
The expansion of vaccination to children may represent an opportunity to cover populations at higher risk, increase acceptance in the community and contribute to an improvement in the pattern of behavior in relation to vaccination against Covid-19”, he continued.
With the arrival of these doses of vaccines, the Ministry of Health of Cape Verde reported that it will organize their national distribution and communicate in a timely manner when vaccination will begin against Covid-19 for children.
This is the sixth donation of vaccines against covid-19 from the United States to Cape Verdebeing the first in October 2021 (100,100 doses from Moderna), the second, third and fourth donations in December 2021 (64,350, 70,200 and 65,520 doses from Pfizer respectively) and the fifth in March 2022 (100,620 doses from Pfizer).
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Since the start of vaccination, in March 2021, and until July 24, 2022, the country has already vaccinated with the first dose 98.3% of the eligible adult population and 85.6% with the second dose, 32.8% with the third dose and 73.1% of adolescents aged 12 to 17 years with two doses.
As of Tuesday, the country had 110 active cases of Covid-19, out of a total of 62,095 positive cases accumulated since the start of the pandemic, of which 61,521 recovered Y 409 deaths.
Source: Observadora
