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The president of Colombia, Iván Duque, received the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine against the coronavirus this Sunday at the Central Military Hospital in Bogotá, the presidency reported through a statement.
The inoculation was in charge of the Army Major Neila Robles, head of the hospital's Outpatient Clinic.
Duque was accompanied by the Minister of Health, Fernando Ruiz, and the director of the Administrative Department of the Presidency, Victor Muñoz, among others.
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According to the statement, to date 12,917,941 doses of vaccines against covid-19 have been applied in the country.
Of this figure, 3,800,204 corresponds to the second dose.
Colombia has so far received 18,508,748 vaccines from Sinovac, Pfizer and AstraZeneca laboratories.
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