Allocated and applied vaccines against Covid-19 by territorial entity in Colombia

Vacunas asignadas y aplicadas contra COVID-19 por entidad territorial en Colombia

Introduction: to achieve the end of this pandemic, a vast majority of people of the world must be immune to the virus. The safest evidenced way of achieving this is through a vaccine. Objective: to show the progress of the doses assigned and applied during vaccination against SARS-COV-2 in the territorial entities of Colombia. Methodology: a cross-sectional study was used for this research. Data was obtained from the Ministry of Health and Social Protection website based on the national vaccination plan against COVID-19 in the period from February 17 to July 31 2021. Results: the territorial entities with the highest percentage of assigned doses were: Bogota (18.61), Antioquia (14.92), Valle del Cauca (8.82), Cundinamarca (6.03) and Santander (5. 07) and with the highest percentage of applied vaccination doses were: Boyaca (92.85), Buenaventura (92.82), Amazonas (89.03), Cundinamarca (88.22), and Nariño (87). Conclusion: it is relevant to continue increasing the allocation of doses of vaccines against SARS-COV-2 and the vaccine application capacity in the different territorial entities of Colombia, underlining the importance of completing the recommended vaccination courses, enabling the achievement of herd immunity in the country in the short term.

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