The president of Mexico has covid-19 3:43
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-While some governments are already vaccinating against the coronavirus, other Latin American countries wait for their leaders to launch vaccination schedules and thus face a pandemic that has already claimed more than 2.1 millions of lives in the world.
The countries most affected in the world by the virus are the United States, Brazil and India, with more than 419,000, 217,000 and 153,000 deaths, respectively.
Thus begins the week of January 25, 2021 in the ten Latin American countries with the highest number of deaths from covid-19, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University.
Brazil
Aerial view of the Nossa Senhora Aparecida cemetery in Manaus, where more than 3,000 victims of covid-19 were buried in January.
(Photo: MARCIO JAMES / AFP via Getty Images)
217,037 deaths
8,844,577 cases
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Mexico
People line up to recharge oxygen tanks at the Infra Médica company in Mexico City.
(Photo: RODRIGO ARANGUA / AFP via Getty Images)
This Sunday, the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, said on his verified Twitter account that he tested positive for covid-19.
He stated that his symptoms are mild and that he is receiving medical treatment.
The president rarely wears a mask and has been criticized for his handling of the pandemic.
Currently, Mexico is the fourth country with the most deaths from covid-19 in the world, after the United States, Brazil and India.
149,614 deaths
1,763,219
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Colombia
A street vendor drives his food cart before the curfew begins in Bogotá.
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51,374 deaths
2,015,485 cases
Colombia surpassed the grim milestone of more than two million coronavirus cases at the end of last week.
Despite the fact that the National Institute of Food and Drug Surveillance of Colombia (Invima) authorized on January 5 the emergency use of the vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech, the government has not yet reported the exact date of the start of immunization.
The Minister of Defense, Carlos Holmes Trujillo García, remains hospitalized in intensive care and "continues with ventilatory support and antibiotic coverage", although it has evolved in a "favorable" way, according to the Presidency this Sunday in a statement.
Trujillo was diagnosed with "SARS-CoV-2 viral pneumonia."
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Argentina
Cristina Fernández receives first dose of Sputnik V 0:30
46,827 deaths
1,867,223 cases
The vice president and former president of Argentina, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, received the Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus this Sunday.
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Peru
A doctor analyzes the x-ray results of a patient at home on the outskirts of Lima.
Rapid Response Teams from the Health Ministry visit potential and recovering patients at their homes in poor areas of the city to conduct rapid tests and distribute medications.
(Photo: ERNESTO BENAVIDES / AFP via Getty Images)
39,608 deaths
1,093,938 cases
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Chile
17,933 deaths
699,110 cases
Last Friday, the Chilean Ministry of Health reported that more than 54,000 people have received the first dose of the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine and more than 8,000 already have the second dose.
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Ecuador
14,623 deaths
241,292 cases
This Sunday, the National Agency for Regulation, Control and Sanitary Surveillance of Ecuador (Arcsa) approved the use of the AstraZeneca / Oxford vaccine.
He had previously approved the Pfizer vaccine.
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Bolivia
A man with protective equipment disinfects Aymara indigenous people who are participating in the commemoration of the 195th anniversary of the creation of the Omasuyos province, headquarters of the Ponchos Rojos peasant organization, in Achacachi, Bolivia.
(Photo: AIZAR RALDES / AFP via Getty Images)
9,985 deaths
201,037 cases
Guatemala
5,465 deaths
154,212 cases
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Panama
Internists protest that, according to their complaints, they were left out of the vaccination plan against covid-19, at the Santo Tomás hospital in Panama City.
(Photo: LUIS ACOSTA / AFP via Getty Images)
5,063 deaths
311,244 cases
The Government of Panama began the application of 12,840 doses of the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine last week.
In addition, the country also confirmed the first case of the covid-19 variant detected in South Africa.
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