Venezuela will receive 5 million coronavirus vaccines via the COVAX program as of July and will seek to receive doses of the Johnson & Johnson inoculation, President Nicolas Maduro said on Sunday.\nThe South American nation this weekend announced the launch of a vaccination campaign following delays in obtaining inoculations due to payment problems, leaving it will behind most vaccination efforts in the region.\nThe pandemic has been less severe in Venezuela than in other countries due to chronic gasoline shortages and early lockdown measures, according to research by local doctors and scientists.\n'(The) COVAX System has promised us more than 5 million doses of vaccines for the month of July,' Maduro said in a televised broadcast. 'We are also looking for the Johnson & Johnson (vaccine), Janssen, have request it from the COVAX system.'
A medical worker receives a dose of China's Sinopharm coronavirus disease vaccine on a special vaccination day for healthcare personnel in the municipality of Baruta in Caracas, Venezuela May 28, 2021. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria
Venezuela will receive 5 million coronavirus vaccines via the COVAX program as of July and will seek to receive doses of the Johnson & Johnson inoculation, President Nicolas Maduro said on Sunday. The South American nation this weekend announced the launch of a vaccination campaign following delays in obtaining inoculations due to payment problems, leaving it will behind most vaccination efforts in the region.
The COVAX facility, backed by the World Health Organization and the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization , aims to secure 2 billion vaccine doses for lower-income countries by the end of 2021. The Pan American Health Organization, which fields media inquiries about the COVAX program, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Venezuela this weekend announced it was starting a mass vaccination campaign by inoculating senior citizens who are part of a state identification system known as the Fatherland Card that has been widely criticized as a system that discriminates on the basis of political persuasion. Health Minister Carlos Alvarado said those who are not registered in the Fatherland Card system can request vaccines via the health ministry's website. The government said it plans to distribute around 1.
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