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Costa Rica reaches 90% of the target population with at least one anticovid dose. Costa Rica intends to begin vaccinating children between the ages of 5 and 11 during the first quarter of 2022.

This week, Costa Rica reached 90.3% of the target population (vaccinable population, that is, in those over 12 years of age) with at least one dose of the covid-19 vaccine and 73.6% with second doses, according to the Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (CCSS) as of Monday, November 22.

Costa Rica has 60.9% of the total population vaccinated against covid-19

The CCSS reports applying 7,034,279 doses of vaccines against covid-19, of which 3,860,379 correspond to first doses, 3,144,053 to second and 29,847 to third doses to first responders.

The Costa Rican government intends to begin vaccinating children between the ages of 5 and 11 during the first quarter of 2022.

Costa Rica is emerging from the strongest wave that has affected it during the pandemic, at which peak up to 3,000 cases daily were registered and hospital services overwhelmed with covid-19 patients.

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