The vaccine against the coronavirus has been highly successful in Argentina: 82.23% of the more than 45,000,000 people that make up the national population completed their inoculation scheme.
The vaccine It has been one of the most forceful measures when it comes to containing the contagion. But also, since its application, it has made it possible to reduce the most serious consequences of the coronavirus, situations such as hospital admission and, in some cases, death.
Source: (Public Television News).
figures
And today, Thursday, May 12, a barrier was overcome: 100,093,121 administrations of the vaccine. This figure in relation to the application of the vaccine dose is divided as follows:
- First dose: 40,742,809 people.
- Second dose: 37,353,927 people.
- Booster dose: 18,970,209 people.
- Additional dose: 3,026,176 people.
Increase in cases
From the beginning of the second half of April, the Ministry of Health announced that the reports would become weekly instead of daily. Then, the number of infections began to rise: 110.4% in the last four weeks.
This means that it went from finding 8,387 new cases to 17,646. Given this, the public health institution asked people to go and get placed the injectionin a timely manner, “respecting the current measures for the use of a chinstrap, hand washing and social distancing, to start and/or complete schemes”.
Source: (Public Television News).
Until december 31
It is key to remember that in accordance with Decree 867/2021, “until December 31, 2022, general preventive measures are established, in order to protect public health throughout the national territory.”