This Friday, March 19, 2021, the Government confirmed that President Lenín Moreno; his wife, Rocío González; and 10 other officials who collaborate directly with the President received the vaccine against COVID-19.
After the digital medium La Posta released several names that would belong to the list of VIP vaccinated in the country, the Government confirmed some.
In a statement, they justify that the President has a double vulnerability condition because he is an older adult and a person with a high level of disability.
Therefore, they created an epidemiological fence in their immediate environment – their caregivers – who received the vaccine. The following officials were considered front-line personnel in the care of the President:
–Fredy Miño, Carlos Sarmiento and Wilson Mediavilla Flores, assistants to the president’s chair;
–Andrés Ramírez and Cristina Mejía, military presidential security chiefs
–Liz Giler, personal assistant to the president
–Zeneida Aigaje Pairon, nurse to the president.
–Ángel Patricio Jiménez Garrido, Andrés Díaz Jumbo and Lucía Zambrano Mendoza, responsible for the management and service of the presidential residence.
“President Lenín Moreno has been emphatic in stating that the information must be public so that the (vaccination) process is transparent,” the statement said. However, his health ministers have not done so. Juan Carlos Zevallos and Rodolfo Farfán insisted that it is confidential information, so it cannot be public.
This Friday, March 19, the deadline for the Ministry of Health to deliver the complete list of vaccinated, as well as information on the contracting of vaccines, after a judge granted an action of access to information to the organization Popular Legal Action .
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