Anti-vaccine groups “invent stories”– Health Minister

Health Minister Luis Francisco Sucre, said on Saturday, June 5, during a tour of Darien province that there are anti-vaccine groups that will invent “any kind of thing” to persuade the population not to get vaccinated.

In Panama, 1,112,847 doses of vaccines against Covid-19 have been applied

“The only official source of whether or not a vaccine has a problem is the Ministry of Health,” the minister emphasized.

He added that the Government took on the task of assuring the population that the biologicals administered in the country are efficient and safe for the population.

For this reason, the country’s health authorities decided to distribute those of the pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and AstraZeneca. “The best choice we can make is to get vaccinated,” he said.

Sucre said that Covid-19 is much “riskier” and can endanger the lives of the population “.

In Darién, the traceability, vaccination, and epidemiological situation actions were reviewed and evaluated in order to contain the increase in Covid-19 cases.

Sucre participated in a meeting with the health team of that region and with local authorities at the Traceability Operations and Control Center, where a presentation was made on epidemiological behavior and closely analyzed the needs that are required to stop the spread. of the virus.