The Mayor's Office of Medellín invited Medellin residents to take advantage of the days of Holy Week not only for rest and retreat but also to complete their vaccination schedules.
Thus, 35 vaccination points were enabled on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Holy Sunday so that the inhabitants of the capital of Antioquia can access the 191,584 vaccines, 68,663 first doses, 52,755 second doses and 70,166 reinforcements, which are available, with a cut-off to April 12.
The Ministry of Public Health also announced that some of the points that will be operating these holidays will be those of the parks of Villa Hermosa and San Javier, the zoo, the Bosque Plaza shopping center and the Guayabal Health Center, between 8:00 in the morning and 4:00 in the afternoon.
“From Holy Thursday we will be in some sectors such as in the parks of different communities such as La Milagrosa, Boston, Parque Berrío and Terminal del Sur, all of which are open to the public, so there will be no excuse not to get vaccinated. Parents take their children to vaccinate, we also make a very special appeal to pregnant mothers,” said Milena Lopera, Undersecretary of Public Health
According to figures from the Ministry of Public Health, to date, Medellin has 96% of its population on one dose, 85% with the complete schedule and 26% with booster doses, so the invitation is open to those who still miss the third or fourth doses, as the case may be.
They also extended the invitation so that people who are immunocompromised, who have received heart, kidney, pancreas, lung, intestine, liver or bone marrow transplants, or who have diseases such as leukemia, myeloma, lymphoma, myelodysplastic syndrome or hematological neoplasia in active chemotherapy can approach any at the point of vaccination one month after the application of their third dose to be immunized with the fourth.
Here are some of the locations and times where vaccines can be accessed:
(From 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.)
• Belén Hector Abad Gomez Hospital Unit
• Manrique Hermenegildo De Fex Hospital Unit
• Twelve De Octubre Hospital Unit Luis Carlos Galán Sarmiento
• Castilla Jaime Tobón Arbeláez Hospital Unit
• San Javier Jesús Peláez Botero Hospital Unit
• San Cristobal Leonardo Betancur Taborda Hospital Unit
• San Antonio De Prado Diego Echavarría Masses Hospital Unit
• Santo Domingo Health Center
• Santa Cruz Hospital Unit
• New Occidente Hospital Unit
(From 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.)
• Acevedo Station
• Florida Shopping Center
• Oviedo Shopping Center
• North Terminal
Finally, the Ministry of Public Health stressed that the capital of Antioquia complies with the directive of the Ministry of Health and Social Protection that will massively close the National Vaccination Plan to enter a transition to the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI), thus guaranteeing that vaccines against covid-19 will be available permanently through this one.
The EPI has experience in the territory, capacity to maintain the cold chain of vaccines, human talent and distribution network.
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