On Monday, The Deputy Minister of Health of Bolivia, Alejandra Hidalgo, announced that the country could reach 70% of its population over 18 years vaccinated against the coronavirus in September and, thus, achieve herd immunity. This is what the official said in a conversation with Bolivia TV: “The time to be able to have coverage, a herd immunity, is planned until September with all this work that is being moved in coordination with authorities of the departments and local authorities.” It should be noted that the population over 18 years of age, the initial target of the Bolivian vaccination campaign, totals almost 7.2 million people, so herd immunity will be achieved when at least 70% of that total is inoculated.
According to official figures, as of the weekend the campaign had added just over 5 million applications, of which almost 3 million were first doses and 2 million remaining complete scheme or single-dose injections. At the same time, The Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade, Benjamín Blanco, reported that Bolivia has already received more than nine million doses of vaccines from various laboratories and had ensured the receipt, until September, “of what is necessary to reach 100% of the target population.” The vaccinatable population is almost 7.2 million people, we have already received first doses 5.5 million equivalent to 76% of the target population, while we lack 37% of second doses, “were his words.
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