The transfer of vaccines against Covid-19 to several provinces begins
These vaccines were transported by air with the support of the National Aeronaval Service (Senan).
The vaccines will be used for health and support personnel, who work directly in the wards with patients affected by Covid-19.
The Ministry of Health reported that vaccines are being transferred to priority areas with the greatest impact on the virus.
Therefore, this Wednesday, January 20, began with the provinces of Panama and Panama Oeste. Later, vaccination will begin in the provinces of Herrera, Los Santos, Bocas del Toro and Darien.
The coordinator of the air and maritime operation of the “PanaVac19” operation, Eliécer Cárdenas, reported that tomorrow, Friday, January 22, two Senan aircrafts will transfer the vaccine doses to the Ngäbe-Buglé region and the provinces of Veraguas and Chiriquí.
360 doses for Herrera
360 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine were transferred to the province of Herrera on the morning of January 21.
A total of 300 will be for the Gustavo Nelson Collado hospital and 60 for Cecilio Castillero.
In the first instance, as in the rest of the country, a nurse, two doctors and an orderly will be vaccinated at the Gustavo Nelson Collado.
First vaccinated in Chitré
Once the doses arrived, the authorities authorized the vaccination. Nurse Luz Villarreal García, an intensive care specialist at the Gustavo Nelson Collado Hospital (GNC) in Chitré, was the first to receive the Covid-19 vaccine.
Villarreal García, 39 years old and with 16 years of service, is in charge of the Special Respiratory Care Unit of the GNC, of the Social Security Fund.
Intensive Care Physician José Trujillo Suárez, 52, also benefited from the vaccine. This medical professional, with 24 years of service, is in charge of the GNC Special Respiratory Care Unit.
This vaccination also reached Juan Rodríguez Vargas, a 29-year-old general practitioner, with one year of service, and currently supports the GNC's Special Respiratory Care Unit.
It was also received by Tomás Mora Pimentel, 52 years old, Head of Camilleros in the Emergency and Respiratory Service of the GNC hospital, with 20 years of service he was vaccinated on this first day.