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Fewer than 0.7% of vaccine applications in Costa Rica have “presented some type of event supposedly attributable” to the injection, according to the Health Ministry. Xiomara Vega, coordinator of the National Center for Pharmacovigilance, explained that most-common events correspond to pain at the injection site or a fever. These are two side effects that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control says are “normal signs that your body is building protection.” Other reactions experienced by Ticos include fatigue and rashes, with three “events of special interest” highlighted by the Health Ministry: One person experienced myocarditis (inflammation of the heart), which the Health Ministry classified had a “probable” link to the vaccine. ....
Costa Rica received 86,580 more doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine on Tuesday night for a total of 472,875, the Presidency reported. As of Monday, Costa Rica had administered 204,586 doses in first responders and the elderly. The country’s contract with Pfizer is for 3 million doses of the two-shot vaccine.6 This week, the Social Security System (CCSS, or Caja) installed 14 ultra-low-temperature freezers in health centers across the country: in the Chorotega, Brunca, Huetar Norte, Central Pacific, Central Norte, Central Sur and Huetar Atlántico regions. With a combined capacity for more than 1 million doses, the 14 freezers will facilitate vaccinations outside of the Greater Metropolitan Area (GAM). ....