A high demand for users was registered from 06:00 this Tuesday, December 28, 2022 on the outskirts of the Center Metropolitan Sports Iñaquito (CDMI), located in the north of the capital.
Hundreds people came to that place to receive the third dose from vaccine against him covid-19. After the closure of the Quito Solidario Temporary Attention Center, in the Bicentennial Park, the Capital Municipality opened this new point of vaccination.
It is situated in the Atahualpa Avenue E2-80 Come in Iñaquito Y Nunez from Sail. They enabled it in conjunction with the Ministry from Health Public and operational since October 29 and will attend until December 31 2021. Then the process will continue in the units from metropolitan health south, north and center, and the medical brigades who visit the remote neighborhoods of the Metropolitan District.
Currently in the CDMI the third dose of vaccines is applied Sinovac, Pfizer Y AstraZeneca. Since before 07:00, more than 300 people agglomerated to inoculate. Made two rows and they argued because from the beginning only one should have been formed.
Carolina Dávila complained about the organization. “They don’t put up signs to specify that only one line should be made and people do what is most comfortable for them. In my case, I have to travel to Argentina and I need the meat to get vaccinated for the third time ”.
Esteban Andrade, supervisor from the CDMI, reported that the demand for the third dose has increased over the course of this week. In his view, the people did not come before the Christmas to avoid crowds and pass with their families. Despite the drawbacks, he stressed that the flow of people advanced quickly and people agreed to the third dose. For the day this Tuesday, the doctors and technicians had 900 from Pfizer and 300 from AstraZeneca.
The Ministry of Public Health (MSP) confirmed on Monday, December 28, that the Omicron variant of the coronavirus is already transmitted by the community in the country. For Andrade, that implies that the virus yes flow at environment, so citizens must take care of themselves and reinforce the norms of biosecurity. “It is very difficult to create an epidemiological fence.”
For the activities at the end of the year, the expert advised people not to neglect the washed from hands and the frequent use of alcohol to disinfect hands. The best is avoid the meetings with more than five people in the homes.
The CDMI was authorized to serve 90 people simultaneously. The recommendations are that people wear warm clothing, eat breakfast correctly, and chronic patients take the medication that corresponds to them.
Despite the problems that arose at the beginning of the vaccination day, people soon agreed to the third dose. “I feel very good because I am going to receive one from AstraZeneca, I waited about half an hour in line,” said Raquel Torre, who arrived from the Pinar Bajo neighborhood.
Marlon Lozada was inoculated with Pfizer. Arrived at 06:30 from the parish Tumbaco. He asked the Municipality to improve the signaling in the income to the CDMI so that two rows are not formed and there are no discussions between the people.
The Municipality of Quito, through the Ministry of Health, in coordination with the Ministry of Public Health, implemented two vaccination points in the land terminals from Quitumbe from the south and Carcelén to the north of Quito.
These sites are in addition to those already implemented in strategic sites such as the CDMI, the Coliseum from college Central, the Unit Municipal Educational of Calderon and the mobile brigades in the parishes rural.
According to the authorities, the goal is to have more vaccination sites. In each terrestrial terminal there are two points of attention to the public. On the outside with two medical brigades and on the inside where the doses are administered.
The hours of attention to citizens from 08:00 to 16:00.
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