Ecuador to expand eligibility for Covid vaccination

Quito, June 30 (IANS) Ecuador will expand the age eligibility for its mass vaccination campaign against Covid-19 starting from July 5 to accelerate the process, Public Health Minister Ximena Garzon announced.During a virtual press conference on Tuesday, the Minister said that from July 5 to 11, people from 49 to 55 years old will be inoculated, and starting on July 12, mass vaccination will be expanded to other age groups, reports Xinhua news agency.This is phase 3 of the plan implemented by the new government of President Guillermo Lasso, which aims to inoculate 9 million Ecuadorians in the first 100 days of his administration.According to the World Health Organization, the country has so far administered 3,797,663 vaccine doses.As of Wednesday, Ecuador has registered a total of 455,743 Covid-19 cases and 21,523 deaths, according to the Health Ministry.
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