PAHO: “Member Countries Had Administered 1.6 Billion COVID-19 Vaccines”

PAHO: "Member countries had administered 1.6 billion COVID-19 vaccines" To date, more than 1.6 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in PAHO member countries. Caribbean News Editor Caribbean News Now!

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Speaking during PAHO’s digital COVID-19 media briefing, Dr Etienne said 17 member countries – including Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Panama, have passed the target of vaccinating 70 per cent of their populations.

The Director said while 40 states are over the 40 per cent vaccination mark there are still 11 countries that have not yet reached the target.

“I don’t want to diminish the fact that we are doing well in terms of numbers, but I daresay, not well enough. But I think we can’t ignore the fact that we still have 224 million people in our region who have not received a single dose of COVID-19 vaccine.”...