Panama receives second batch of vaccines through the COVAX Mechanism

Today, Tuesday, May 11 at 4:45 pm, the second batch of vaccines obtained through the COVAX Mechanism arrived in the country, which consists of 74,400 AstraZeneca doses, which arrive to continue with the already established program of voluntary placement for men from 30 years old and women over 50 years old, through previous appointments.

On behalf of the National Government, this second shipment of the COVAX Mechanism was received by Dr. Eduardo Ortega Barría, director of SENACYT and technical advisor.

"We are recommending these vaccines for men of 30 years, for women of 50 years, this batch we are going to distribute in 3 provinces that are Veraguas, in the Santiago Mall, in Chiriquí on the grounds of the David and Colón Fair in the airport grounds we will use the express swab application system, "said Ortega.

For the capital city, those interested in voluntarily applying the AstraZeneca vaccine, may request it through the portal panamasolidario.gob.pa option vaccines option auto express Rommel Fernández and the rest of the country should look for the option web appointments.