The responsible, quoted in a note from the Executive, also made known that the decision "due to increased transmission of the pandemic in the country, especially with the English and South African variants".
Helga Freitas, who spoke at the session to update the data of covid-19 on Monday, also made an assessment of the number of people who have been vaccinated in the country: "Were vaccinated 8140 people with the second dose of the vaccine in the last 24 hours, now having a total of 614,184 citizens immunized against covid-19 throughout the country, since the 2nd of March, of which 581,796 took the first dose and 32,388 the second, since the 3rd of May so far.
As for the type of vaccine, the national director of Public Health indicated that 572,981 people received the first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine and 24,101 were immunized with the second dose of the same vaccine.
She also revealed that regarding the Sinopharm vaccine, "the Government has already administered the first dose to 8815 people and the second dose to 8287".
He also said that as of Thursday, May 13, the Ministry of Health will put two more vaccination points in Luanda: one at the Cidadela Sports and another at the Youth House in Viana. The aim is to "speed up the process of vaccination of the second dose and restart the administration of the first dose.
"Next week, the second dose begins to be administered in the provinces of Benguela, Huíla, Huambo and Cabinda," added the official.
