The Bolivian government announced on March 27 that it will carry out large-scale vaccination of the new coronavirus in the border area with Brazil to prevent the invasion of the mutant new coronavirus P.1 found in Manaus, Brazil.
Bolivian President alese announced the above-mentioned measures when attending the activities in the southern province of tariha on the 27th. In addition, he also instructed Health Minister Jason oza to go to the border epidemic prevention points to supervise the vaccination work of the new crown vaccine.
Bolivia to launch mass vaccination at the border
Oza said that the Bolivian government has not considered closing the border, but will take all actions to prevent the invasion of the mutated new coronavirus found in Manaus, which is more lethal, infectious and has a shorter incubation period.
Bolivia's vice minister of health in charge of medical insurance affairs IDA ergo said that in recent days, large-scale vaccination of new coronavirus will be carried out in the border areas bordering Brazil. This measure will help ease the pressure of epidemic prevention and control in the border areas and slow down the increasing number of new coronavirus infections in Beni Province. At present, the number of new coronavirus infections reported by Beni province has jumped from the fifth to the second in the country.
Hidalgo also said that Bolivian health experts and government officials are very concerned about the mutated new coronavirus found in Manaus, but there is no conclusive evidence that the mutated new coronavirus has spread to the border areas.
Novel coronavirus pneumonia cases were reported in Bolivia in December 2020, but a new outbreak has been reported in China since the beginning of 2021, according to official statistics.
