El Salvador to start giving third sip of COVID-19 vaccine



SAN SALVADOR:

El Salvador will start administering a third sip of COVID-19 vaccine to several groups including a elderly, healthworkers and people with underlying health conditions, President Nayib Bukele pronounced on Friday.

The Central American republic of roughly 6.4 million people has performed some 12 million vaccines given February.

Third shots would be given to people including those aged over 60, frontline health staff, teachers, a armed forces, military and firefighters, as good as Salvadorans with pre-existing health problems, Bukele pronounced on Twitter.

“Considering a success of a third sip in Israel, we have motionless to start with a third sip in El Salvador,” a boss said, observant a supervision would capacitate people to start creation appointments for a jabs from Sunday.

El Salvador joins a flourishing organisation of Latin American nations that are giving upholder shots to certain groups of at-risk people, including Panama, Ecuador and Chile.