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BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombians should have confidence in coronavirus vaccines, Health Minister Fernando Ruiz said on Thursday, as intensive care unit occupation levels in the country’s three biggest cities exceed 90%.
FILE PHOTO: A vial of the Pfizer vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is seen as medical staff are vaccinated at Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Israel December 19, 2020.REUTERS/Amir Cohen/
Colombia hopes to vaccinate some 34 million of its citizens against coronavirus as it tries to secure herd immunity.
It has so far reached agreements with pharmaceutical companies to secure vaccines for 29 million people. The first delivery of 1.7 million doses of the vaccine produced by Pfizer and BioNTech will arrive in February, with vaccinations beginning immediately, according to the government.
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombians should have confidence in coronavirus vaccines, Health Minister Fernando Ruiz said on Thursday, as intensive care unit o.
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombians should have confidence in coronavirus vaccines, Health Minister Fernando Ruiz said on Thursday, as intensive care unit o.
Colombia heads into 2021 with calls for quarantines to fight pandemic uptick A holiday season uptick in coronavirus infections will give Colombia a rocky start to 2021, Health Minister Fernando Ruiz said on Thursday, while doctors called for quarantines in hard-hit areas. We re going to have difficulties in the first two weeks of January, Ruiz said during an interview with Colombia s Caracol Radio, where he attributed growth in coronavirus cases to people mixing over the festive season.Reuters | Updated: 01-01-2021 00:22 IST | Created: 01-01-2021 00:16 IST
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A holiday season uptick in coronavirus infections will give Colombia a rocky start to 2021, Health Minister Fernando Ruiz said on Thursday, while doctors called for quarantines in hard-hit areas.