To get to the end of the pandemic, millions of people in every corner of Latin America will need to be vaccinated. It's an unprecedented challenge for logistics and medical systems.
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Dos variantes—Gamma y Lambda—ya tienen una fuerte presencia en la región. Delta podría seguirles pronto.
Two variants—Gamma and Lambda—already have a strong presence in the region. Delta could soon follow.
"Se ha estimado que 500 millones de personas necesitan ser vacunadas para llegar a la inmunidad de rebaño", dijo Carin Zissis de AS/COA en El Nuevo Herald.
The U.S. could not ignore the need to compete with China and Russia for global influence, especially in Latin America, said AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth to Univision.
Even with a lack of reliable information, evidence abounds that the Maduro government’s vaccine distribution plan is not just slow—it’s inequitable.
Experts discussed countries' capacities to mitigate the public health crisis, covering vaccine distribution, recovery priorities, and public-private sector collaboration.