Coronavirus: half of those over 20 have already received the first dose

One in two people over the age of 20 have received a dose of the vaccine against coronavirus and nearly 40% of those over 80 have full coverage of two applications in the Argentina, reported on Ministry of Health.

The process of vaccination progress in different population groups with the arrival of vaccines. In the past month, nearly 8 million doses have arrived, of which 7,643,753 have been applied nationwide. Nearly 2 million vaccines were administered last week, added the Ministry of Health by a declaration.

Added to this is the arrival this morning of a new shipment from the United States with 1,139,000 doses of vaccine against coronavirus developed by the AstraZeneca laboratory and the University of Oxford, and produced by mAbxience in the Buenos Aires city of Garín. In the afternoon, a shipment arrived from China with 768,000 doses of Sinopharm.

The vaccination progress report also indicates that 71.3% of people between 55 and 59 years old have started their vaccination schedule, as well as 62.3% of those between 50 and 54 years old and 48.5% of those between 45 and 49 years old.

With the arrival of more doses, the vaccination plan has accelerated its pace to a record 1,957,863 requests last week, as June 4 was the day more vaccines were placed, with 363,398 requests. .

Regarding the over 60s, disaggregating by age group, 88.1% of people between 60 and 69 years old have already applied the first dose, which is replicated by 89.1% in 70-79 year olds and in 80 , 6% of people aged 80 or over.

According to the Public Vaccination Monitor, the online registry that shows the vaccination operation across the country in real time, up to this morning 20,630,190 vaccines have been distributed, of which 18,085,389 have already been applied: 14,397,649 people received the first dose and 3,687,740 both.