‘A pandemic of the unvaccinated’: PAHO urges more jab donations

Pan American Health Organization says only 15 percent of people in Latin America and the Caribbean are fully vaccinated.

Coronavirus infections are increasing across much of Central America and on smaller Caribbean islands, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said on Wednesday, as it repeated a call for more vaccine donations to help hard-hit nations. PAHO Director Carissa Etienne said while Uruguay, Chile and Argentina – nations that have made considerable headway in their vaccination campaigns – are reporting steep declines in new infections, cases and deaths are spiking in Cuba, Honduras and Guatemala. The Amazonian regions of Colombia and Peru also remain COVID-19 hotspots, she said.