by TCRN Staff

The arrival of the consignment of vaccines against the AH1N1 virus suffered another delay, as acknowledged by the Health Minister Maria Luisa Avila.
200,000 vaccines is what the Government asked the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) for to address the second wave of pandemic influenza.
Initially, it was expected that the doses would arrive in [...]

by TCRN Staff
Medical centers across the country next week will notify patients who have been selected to be the first to receive the vaccine against pandemic influenza AH1N1.
The authorities will contact 200,000 patients via phone calls, which equals the number of doses that will reach the country next week.
This information was conveyed byMaría Luisa Ávila, Minister of [...]

The AH1N1 vaccination of those in the high risk group in Costa Rica will be mandatory, according to the ministerio de Salud, who is getting ready to receive 1 million doses of the vaccine, about 900.000 less than had been expected.
Those in the high risk group have been identified as Salud (health) workers, those over [...]