Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and Colombia exceed the world average of vaccination against covid-19

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27.1% of the world's population has received at least one dose of the covid-19 vaccine, according to figures from Our World In Data.

But some Latin American countries exceed - and some by far - the world average.

Vaccination advances

This is the case of Uruguay and Chile, which with 72.95% and 71.22%, respectively, lead the vaccination rates in the world, above countries like Canada, which has 70.83% of its population vaccinated at least partially, and the United Kingdom, with 68.35%.

But they are not the only countries in Latin America that are exceeding the world average.

The most populated nations in the region are also above the average: Argentina, with 51.98%;

Brazil, with 46.35%;

Mexico, with 32.22%;

and Colombia, with 31.20% of its population that has received at least one dose.

In addition, other Latin American countries such as Ecuador, with 41.39%;

El Salvador, with 38.97%;

Costa Rica, with 38.92%;

Panama, with 34.42%;

and Cuba, with 30.48%, according to data from Our World In Data updated on July 24.

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Mexico

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Mexico said that this Tuesday it will send 150,000 doses of the AztraZeneca vaccine to Guatemala to "be applied as part of the second dose to the population of that country," according to the Mexican Foreign Ministry.

This announcement was part of the statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in which it was reported that Mexico will send medical and humanitarian supplies to Cuba.

These include "medical supplies such as syringes, T-type oxygen tanks, 9,500 liters, and face masks" and "supplies such as powdered milk, beans, wheat flour, cans of tuna, edible oil, as well as diesel gasoline."

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Colombia

Delta variant of covid-19 arrived in Colombia, says Duque 1:43

This Sunday 3.5 million doses of the Moderna vaccine donated by the United States arrived in Colombia.

President Iván Duque and the US Ambassador to Colombia, Philip S. Goldberg, received the lot.

"This donation of vaccines by the US is very important to continue facing the pandemic, and adds to the previous contributions with Janssen vaccines, which represent biologicals for about 10% of the Colombian population," said Duque .

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Venezuela

Maduro confirms the delta variant in Venezuela 1:23

On Sunday, the questioned president of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro announced that the country had detected the delta variant of the coronavirus in two people who returned to the country after traveling abroad.

Maduro said that the cases were that of a young athlete who arrived from a trip from Turkey and the second a doctor who resides in Caracas, who was also returning from abroad.

He stressed that both people were vaccinated.

Argentina and Brazil

The border of Brazil and Argentina has been closed for more than a year 2:50

The border between Argentina and Brazil remains closed, after restrictions were put in place due to the covid-19 pandemic, since last year.

See more in this report by Violeta Bondarenco from Puerto Iguazú, Argentina. 

With information from Reuters, Ana Cucalón and Marlon Sorto from CNN.

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