Mass vaccination against coronavirus kicked off in Mexico, Chile and Costa Rica on Thursday, December 24. It is reported by “BBC”.
Thus, South America became another continent where the population began to be vaccinated against the coronavirus. The authorities in all three countries use the drug from Pfizer and BioNTech. The Mexican government is reportedly planning to vaccinate all healthcare workers fighting the COVID-19 pandemic by the end of the first quarter of 2021.
It is expected that in the coming days vaccination will begin in Argentina, whose authorities plan to use the Russian Sputnik V vaccine. On December 24, the country received the first batch of the drug with a volume of 300 thousand doses.
Argentine authorities have registered the Russian Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine on December 23. Prior to this, the country's government signed an agreement for the supply of ten million doses of the Russian drug. Argentine President Alberto Fernandez said he would be the first to be vaccinated with the Russian vaccine and did not doubt the quality of the drug.
