(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 16 - Colombia will kick off its immunization campaign against coronavirus tomorrow instead of Saturday as it was originally planned: the president of the country Ivan Duque announced. CNN reports it.
It will begin with medical staff at the forefront of fighting the virus in two towns in a rural region, Monteriae Sincelejo, to demonstrate to the country that the vaccine is intended for the whole nation. Major metropolises - such as Bogotá, Medellin and Cali - will follow Thursday.
Colombia received the first delivery of 50,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine yesterday.
According to data from the Johns Hopkins University, to date the country has 2,198,549 cases of infection and 57,786 deaths. (HANDLE).
