El Salvador receives first doses of COVID-19 vaccines through COVAX mechanism Format SAN SALVADOR, 12 March 2021 - With much optimism, the first 33,600 COVID-19 vaccines doses were received yesterday at El Salvador’s San Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez International Airport through the COVAX mechanism, a mechanism co-led by CIPE, GAVI, WHO/PAHO and UNICEF to ensure equitable distribution of vaccines worldwide. “Members and partners of the COVAX mechanism will continue to work and support countries in the Region of the Americas to increase equitable access to more vaccine doses and suppl...