Tag: Ecuador covid-19
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Ecuador began its vaccination against Covid-19 on Thursday, January 21st, with the administration of doses at the Pablo Arturo Suarez Hospital in Quito, after the country received the first shipment from Pfizer.
A total of...
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Ecuador and Colombia agreed on Sunday, January 10th, to continue bilateral coordination to redirect resources from the Binational Border Development and Social Reparation Fund to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on their common border.
Ecuadorian...
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Ecuador's Minister of Public Health Juan Carlos Zevallos reported on Monday, January 4th, that in 17 of the country's 24 provinces, the speed of transmission of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has increased, pushing the...
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Ecuador is unlikely to reimpose a nationwide lockdown despite an increasing COVID-19 infection rate, said Vice Minister of Health Xavier Solorzano on Sunday, January 4th.
His remarks came the same day as a state of...
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Ecuador is fine tuning its vaccination plan against the COVID-19 pandemic, which it expects to launch in the first three months of 2021, Deputy Health Minister Xavier Solorzano said on Wednesday, December 11th.
"Every day...
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Ecuador will hire more than 12,000 doctors and healthcare workers to strengthen its public health system in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, President Lenin Moreno said Thursday. December 4th.
Moreno announced the decision via Twitter...
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - At least 9 million people will be vaccinated in Ecuador against COVID-19 early next year, Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno said on Monday, November 23rd.
"We will be able to vaccinate 30,000 people a day, which...