President Lasso indicated that Ecuador would be ready to apply the fourth dose of the vaccine

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President William Lasso during the radio link, on Pública FM, he referred to several issues, including the impact of the Omicron variant and vaccination in Ecuador. The president pointed out that by February it is planned to inoculate children of 3 and 5 years of age.

confirmed that the government you are ready for the fourth dose booster if the WHO will recommend it. On this subject, he added that 82% of the population older than five years is vaccinated with the two doses and the third dose with 12% of the population.

“As of February we will begin with the vaccination of children 3 to 5 years of age. Ecuador has taken precautions.”

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The #VaccinationPlan It has been essential to face the COVID-19 pandemic. Get vaccinated (also with the booster dose) and follow biosecurity measures: use of a permanent mask, hand washing and social distancing.

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The chief executive described as a nuisance to be infected with the omicron variant, but stated that it is “like a strong flu”. Lasso He added that the number of deaths from the virus is extremely lower compared to 2021

“While in 2021 we reached 43 deaths per thousand infected. Today not even one is reached.”

William Lasso

For the President of the Republic, the variant is controllable and has not even caused hospital beds to be saturated.

Finally, he commented that this week the peak of infections will be reached. “Next week there will be a plateau of infections and then it will start to decline.”

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Ecuador registered this Monday 4,448 new cases of covid-19 infection and accumulated 629,507 positives during the pandemic, reported the Ministry of Public Health in its latest daily epidemiological report.

The record of confirmed deaths from covid-19 amounted to 24,315 during the pandemic, 4 more than Sunday’s report, to which 9,917 “probable” deaths are added, for a total of 34,232 deaths.