Mexico, Chile and Costa Rica apply first Pfizer vaccines 3:06
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Vaccination of frontline health professionals continued this Friday in Chile, this time in the regions of Magallanes, La Araucanía and Biobío, where some 2,925 Pfizer / BioNTech vaccines were shipped.
Nursing assistant, the first person to be vaccinated against the coronavirus in Chile
The Ministry of Health reported that 420 people received the antigen the previous day.
“It is an individual act with effects on the group.
Therefore, as a society, we are facing a country challenge, which will be successful to the extent that we have the commitment of citizens, ”said the Minister of Health, Enrique Paris.
Chile received the first shipment of vaccines against covid-19 on Thursday.
They estimated that 10,000 will be administered to the personnel of intensive care units in La Araucanía, Biobío, Magallanes and a third of the metropolitan region of Santiago.
About 10,000 more doses are expected next week.
The Ministry of Health of Chile confirmed this Friday 595,831 cases of covid-19 and 16,358 deaths.
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