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11 Chilean regions report decline in COVID-19 cases in last 7 days eCristbalChvezBravo © Provided by N.C.N. Limited
A nurse prepares a dose of COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination site in Santiago, Chile, March 25, 2021. (Photo by Jorge Villegas/Xinhua)
The South American country has registered between 5,000 and 8,000 daily COVID-19 cases for several weeks.
SANTIAGO, April 21 (Xinhua) The Chilean Ministry of Health reported on Wednesday that 11 of the country s 13 regions have seen a decline in COVID-19 cases in the last seven days.
Chilean Health Minister Enrique Paris also said in a statement that five regions of the country reported a decrease in the last 14 days.
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China s CoronaVac vaccine has proven to be very effective, says Chilean official
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The CoronaVac vaccine against COVID-19 from Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinovac has proven to be very effective in preventing infections, hospitalizations, admissions to intensive care units and deaths, said a Chilean official on Sunday.
Minister of Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation Andres Couve made this comment here while receiving the eighth shipment of the vaccines to the country.
The official cited a study the Chilean government presented Friday, which indicated that the CoronaVac vaccine has an efficacy of 67 percent in preventing symptomatic COVID-19.
The study also showed that the vaccine is up to 85 percent effective in preventing hospitalization, 89 percent effective in preventing admission to an intensive care unit, and 80 percent effective in preventing death caused by the virus.