Afterwards, he was quick to credit the country’s Sandinista rulers. “I’m very grateful to the government of commander Daniel Ortega and [his wife] compañera Rosario Murillo, because they are giving us a great opportunity to stay alive – and for free!” he told reporters from state media (the only outlets allowed to attend).
Nicaragua is the only Central American country that has not introduced sweeping public health measures to contain the spread of Covid-19, and the only one not to have launched a testing campaign, so news of the vaccination in early March raised hopes that finally the government was taking action.