61.1 percent of the 83 479 residents in this special municipality are immunized with the anti-COVID-19 Abdala vaccine, thanks to the health intervention carried out here on individuals aged 19 and over.
Up to date, 51,028 people have received the three doses of this Cuban immunogen with 100 percent efficacy to prevent critical and serious states and death from the contagious and lethal disease.
Of the 52,866 residents - a universe determined by the Ministry of Public Health supposedly healthy or controlled any of the diseases that could suffer - 96.5 percent of that group is immunized with the three doses.
About 155 000 doses have already been administered, a reality that confirms confidence in the Cuban Health System and reinforces the favorable clinical epidemiological situation of the territory, when Cuba today shows an adverse scenario with 6,057 infected with the SARS CoV-2 virus and 53 deceased.
In the total of doses administered in Isla de la Juventud, the first received by the 31 patients under dialysis and hemodialysis is included, a figure not contemplated in the universe determined by the Ministry of Public Health.
Of the more than 500 recovered patients, 30 belonging to the health sector have already received the only dose of the vaccine candidate Soberana Plus, the rest of the convalescent will receive it in a second stage.
Vaccination alone does not guarantee the protection of people, although Abdala has proven to be an effective vaccine, it is necessary to maintain biosecurity measures such as the mandatory use of the nasobuco, disinfection of hands, shoes and surfaces and physical distancing.
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