Chile begins vaccination in children 1:11
(CNN in Spanish) -
The Ministry of Health of Chile confirmed this Tuesday 753 new cases of covid-19, the lowest number since April 2020. The total number of diagnosed reaches 1,611,090 while those recovered amount to 1,566. 138.
In addition, according to official records, 35,151 people died from causes associated with the disease and positivity in the last 24 hours nationwide reaches 2.17%.
According to data from the Chilean health portfolio, 12,038,580 inhabitants completed their vaccination schedule.
The data is known at a time when the delta variant advances throughout the world, although in Latin America, the vaccination rate is increasing day by day.
How to defend the youngsters of the delta variant?
4:17
In fact, Uruguay and Chile, 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%.
advertising
But also the most populated nations in the region are 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.
Called not to lower our guard
Beyond the advance of vaccination, days ago the governments of several Latin American countries called on their inhabitants not to lower their guard against the advance of the coronavirus, in light of the fear of the spread of the delta variant.
In addition, in mid-July Chile began a study with 564 volunteers to determine the immune response when applying a booster dose of the vaccine against covid-19.
The objective is to analyze whether it is necessary to provide a third dose in light of the advance of the new coronavirus variants.
"The situation of the pandemic and the appearance of new variants suggest that we will need to reinforce our vaccination strategy to face this threat. For that, knowing the immune response of a booster dose will be key," said the Undersecretary of Health at that time. Public Paula Daza.
Chilecoronavirus