Vaccines donated by Spain arrive Thursday in Paraguay

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The vaccines donated by Spain to Paraguay will arrive this Thursday in the South American country, in a delivery managed through the Covax mechanism, according to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) website.

The Spanish shipment is a shipment of 253,440 doses from AstraZeneca, which are part of the 7.5 million vaccines promised by Pedro Sánchez for Ibero-America.

The doses donated by Spain left the Netherlands on Tuesday and are expected to arrive in Paraguay on August 5 at 10.40 ET (14.40 GMT).

The Spanish Embassy in Paraguay announced this shipment on July 20, as part of the promise made by Sanchez at the Ibero-American Summit in Andorra in April.

Paraguay began vaccination on February 22 and has reached more than 2 million people with at least one dose. The goal is to reach some 4.7 million of the little more than 7 million people who make up its population.

Data from Our World in Data, dated July 25, show that 21.73% of the population has one dose, while 4.02% already have the full regimen.

Paraguay had accumulated 15,086 deaths and 453,031 infections since March 2020, when the country detected the first case.