10 vaccination points closed in Antioquia due to progress in immunization

In Antioquia, there are 10 fewer vaccination points due to the advances in immunization presented by the department. According to the Undersecretary of Public Health, Natalia Montoya Palacio, nearly five million people already have their complete vaccination schedule.

The most recent report on immunization in Medellin, cut off on April 9, states that 4,740,918 doses have been applied. Among these, 1,673,381 correspond to second doses, 381,977 are single doses and 708,218 are booster doses.

Among the points that ended their attention for the application of vaccines are the El Tesoro, Molinos and La central shopping centers in Buenos Aires.

At the following sites, the immunization process continues in Antioquia from 8:00 in the morning to 5:00 in the afternoon: shopping centers such as Unicentro, Premium Plaza, San Diego and Oviedo; at the San Antonio, Acevedo and San Javier Metro stations, and at public transport terminals.

With regard to Covid-19 infection levels, the department has an occupancy of Intensive Care Units (ICU) beds of 83% and only 17 covid-19 patients are hospitalized.

Vaccination of minors

Undersecretary Montoya pointed out that given the levels of vaccination of the population, they will focus on completing the schemes for minors aged 3 to 11 years. The entity called on parents to attend the vaccination points, which will not have prior scheduling because only 43 per cent of children have both doses of biologics.

“We have been working hand in hand with the Ministry of Education, conducting vaccination campaigns, organized or coordinated with municipal health and education secretaries to promote joint strategies,” said Natalia Montoya.

With regard to vaccination in Colombia, the most recent report from the Ministry of Health indicates that as of 11:59 p.m. on Friday, April 8, 2022, a total of 81,603,837 doses of the vaccine against covid-19 had already been applied in Colombia.

According to the same report, the number of Colombians with the complete vaccination schedule, that is, those who have already received the two doses of the biological, currently amounts to 28,692,282 people, while 6,379,479 people have been immunized with single doses. Likewise, 10,811,351 booster doses have been applied.

Similarly, during the last day, a total of 84,091 vaccines were applied, of which 23,402 were for the second injection, while another 4,040 were single-dose.

Covid-19 cases in Colombia

The Ministry of Health reported, on April 10, 2022, 297 new cases of covid-19 in Colombia. In the last 24 hours, 22,165 tests were processed, of which 8,374 are PCR and 13,791 are antigens.

The report also indicated that six Colombians died of the disease on the last day. In this way, the country reaches a total of 139,719 deaths due to the virus since the start of the pandemic.

By aggregating all the figures, Colombia reached a total of 6,088,034 infections, of which 3,628 are active cases and 5,921,185 correspond to positive cases that have already managed to overcome the disease. Specifically, 20 cases were reported in Antioquia, being the third department with the most infections after Bogotá (122) and Valle del Cauca (32).

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