A report from the Ministry of Health (Minsa), reveals that 96.1% of the people who died from Covid-19, from February 2021 to March this year, did not have the complete vaccination schedule while 82.5% of people hospitalized in the ward do not have their three doses.

Despite the fact that scientific evidence shows that vaccines against Covid-19 are effective and safe, there is a considerable number of people who refuse to be vaccinated, which leads to the highest number of deaths as a result of the disease being recorded.

The latest Minsa report details that, of 2,249 people who died from February 21, 2021, to March 11, 2022, 2,161 did not have a vaccination scheme; while 88 were vaccinated with three doses (3.9%), but suffered from other diseases that aggravated their situation.

Among those who died without the complete vaccination schedule, it is specified that there were 1,466 without any dose; 202 with one dose, and 493 with two doses.

Regarding hospitalizations, 82.5% of those who are in the ward do not have a complete vaccination schedule, against 15.8% who do and 1.7% who do not apply because they are under 5 years of age.

While in intensive care units (ICU), 88% are not vaccinated against Covid-19 and 12% of those hospitalized do have a complete vaccination schedule.

Since vaccination began in Panama, on January 21, 2021, until March 16, 2022, a total of 7,789,018 doses of anti-covid vaccines have been applied.

Antivaxxer challenge
Paulino Vigil, a researcher of the National Research System of the National Secretariat of Science, Technology, and Innovation, stressed that health authorities have reiterated that there are no deaths from the Covid-19 vaccine and invited deniers and anti-vaccine to disclose publicly any case they know.