Ecuador announces that anticovid vaccination will be mandatory

Ecuador announces that anticovid vaccination will be mandatory

“In Ecuador, vaccination against Covid-19 is mandatory,” the ministry said in a statement.

“This decision was made due to the current epidemiological state, that is, the increase in infected and the circulation of new variants of ‘concern’, such as Ómicron, indicated the government of Guillermo Lasso in the official statement.

In addition, he adds, “it is due to the international trend that shows the speed of contagion and the pressure on health services that have high demand for hospitalization, “reported the EFE agency.

In the latest epidemiological report, Ecuador registered 819 new positives for Covid-19 and adds a total of 539,037 cases of the disease during the pandemic.

The death toll rose to 33,634, a dozen more than the day before and 20 compared to Monday, among the 23,815 confirmed with the disease, and the 9,819 probable.

Source From: Ambito

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