This is how the vaccination plan will begin in seven hospitals in Bogotá on February 20.

This Saturday, during the installation of the Permanent Territorial Coordination Table for Vaccination against Covid-19, the Mayor of Bogotá, Claudia López, and the Secretary of Health, Alejandro Gómez, confirmed this Saturday that more will arrive in the capital of the country vaccine doses of those initially budgeted, in total, there will be 12,562 doses of vaccine that will arrive in the city in the coming days, biological products with which it is planned to vaccinate 25% of the health workforce. Here we tell you what the vaccination will look like in Bogotá and in the seven hospitals where this process will take place.

“We will apply 12,562 doses next weekend, this is the first dose and the Ministry of Health guarantees the delivery of the second so that the 77,231 registered health workers are vaccinated with the first dose before the end of March.», Informed the Secretary of Health of Bogotá, Alejandro Gómez.

As detailed by the official, doses from pharmaceutical company Pfizer arriving in the capital will be applied to frontline health workers, while doses from AstraZeneca laboratory will be intended for adults over 80 years of age. According to the mayor of Bogotá, Claudia López, The first vaccines are expected to arrive in Bogotá between February 18 and 19.

“The vaccination pilot that we will be launching is with Pfizer. At 2 o’clock in the afternoon of the day before, the calendar should be, at 4 o’clock in the afternoon, we cut what has been reported and then we schedule the delivery for the next day at 4 a.m. to start vaccination between 7 a.m. and 7 a.m. at night. », Said the mayor of Bogotá.

This way, as López explains the vaccination plan in the country’s capital will begin next Saturday February 20 with 12,562 doses, which will be applied to health workers for two days in seven public and private IPSs in Bogotá, which have been prioritized according to the number of intensive care beds they have. Here is the list of each of them.

Keep in mind that the number of healthcare professionals who appear here are those who work on the front line of covid-19 care.

1. Simón Bolívar Health Services Unit: Public establishment with 180 ICU beds, 704 health professionals and 76 other support services. In all, 780 doses of vaccine will be allocated.

2. Juan Ciudad Hospital Society Measures: This private center has 123 intensive care beds, has 2,254 health professionals, so will receive 2,254 vaccinations.

3. Santa Fe de Bogotá Foundation: It is a private establishment with 106 beds in ICU, 1,592 professionals; 443 support. This medical center will receive 2,035 vaccines.

4. Kennedy Western Health Services Unit: It has 76 intensive care beds, 3,204 professionals, 468 support, so this public center will receive 3,672 vaccinations.

5. National Cancer Institute of ESE: This national public institution has 23 intensive care beds and 1,223 health professionals. In total, they will be 1,223 organic products delivered.

6. Santa Clara Health Services Unit: Registers 55 ICU beds, 981 professionals and 81 assistants. So, will receive 1,062 vaccines.

7. National Police Health Directorate: With 57 ICU beds, 1,234 healthcare professionals and 302 support professionals, this national public center was 1,562 vaccines will be allocated.

During the installation of the Permanent Territorial Coordination Table for vaccination against Covid-19 in Bogotá, the Secretary of Health also reiterated that all citizens, even those who have already tested positive for covid-19, will receive the vaccine. “The limit is fixed in age: 16 years, people in a state of pregnancy», Gómez clarified.

The Secretary of Health also announced that the mayor’s office of Bogotá has submitted the capital’s vaccination action plan to the Ministry of Health. Mayor Claudia López also indicated that Through the Mayor’s Office website, the decree of Bogotá’s covid-19 vaccination plan has been made available to the public, against which citizens can send their comments within the next 48 hours by mail [email protected].

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