RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Panama has sought to acquire more than 8 million coronavirus vaccine doses to inoculate about 80% of the Central American nation’s residents, Health Minister Luis Sucre said on Sunday, February 7th.
Panama has a population of about 4.2 million people but most coronavirus vaccines require two shots spaced several weeks apart.
Panama has requested about 1 million doses from the COVID-19 vaccine portfolio under the COVAX facility coordinated by the World Health Organization to support lower-income countries, Sucre said.
Panama will acquire a further 3 million doses from U.S. pharmaceutical firm . . .
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