🌎 We urge countries to ensure they have the right protective equipment so our health workers can do their jobs safely – @DirOPSPAHO #COVID19

🌎 Wherever enough vaccines are available, health workers should be prioritized for an additional COVID-19 vaccine dose. Additional doses are safe and effective and will help reinforce health workers’ ability to withstand exposure to the virus – @DirOPSPAHO

@DirOPSPAHO 🌎 As health professionals everywhere handle the influx of new cases requiring immediate care, we must make sure that they are protected from the worst consequences of this virus – @DirOPSPAHO #COVID19

🌎 Our region’s ability to respond and overcome this pandemic depends on men and women who staff our primary health centers, clinics, and hospitals – @DirOPSPAHO #COVID19 twitter.com/pahowho/status…

WHO’s expert group SAGE has also called for 💉 strategies “optimized for prevention of severe disease, including the targeted use of booster vaccination.” This applies to people at high risk of complications and health care workers who are more exposed to the virus- @DirOPSPAHO

@DirOPSPAHO 🌎 And many countries in our region – like Chile, Cuba, and Argentina – have some of the highest vaccination coverage rates in the world.
Vaccines are helping to save lives, and expanding equitable coverage everywhere remains our priority – @DirOPSPAHO #COVID19

🌎 Countries in the Americas have been working diligently to secure the vaccines they need to protect their populations. Thanks to their efforts, nearly 60% of people in Latin America in the Caribbean have been fully vaccinated with two doses – @DirOPSPAHO #COVID19 twitter.com/pahowho/status…

🌎 PAHO’s Strategic Fund makes COVID-19 tests available at low prices, so countries should take advantage of this resource – @DirOPSPAHO #COVID19 paho.org/en/paho-strate…

🌎 The PCR and rapid antigen tests recommended by PAHO remain effective at detecting the Omicron variant, so countries should continue to use existing protocols, with rational use of tests – @DirOPSPAHO #COVID19

🌎 Prioritizing symptomatic individuals for testing and making rational use of these resources is critical to catch infections quickly and maintaining and reinforcing the public health measures is paramount to slow transmission –@DirOPSPAHO #COVID19