Uruguay has already vaccinated 50% of its population with two doses: how are Argentina and the rest of the countries in the region doing?

Uruguay on Monday exceeded 50% of its population immunized with two doses of the vaccine against the coronavirus. In this way, the neighboring country has consolidated its vaccination campaign and ranks second in the region in number of inhabitants with the complete vaccination scheme behind. Chile, which leads this ranking with more than 55%.

“We have just exceeded 50% of the total population of the country with two doses against the coronavirus,” Uruguayan Minister of Health Daniel Salinas announced on his Twitter account.

However, he warned: “This match is not over. Do not loosen !!! “. The minister recalled that the goal of Luis Lacalle Pou’s government is to vaccinate more than 70 percent of the population with the two full doses.

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In the same social network, the local Under-Secretary for Health, José Luis Satdjian, underlined the culmination of this campaign and underlined “the effort of many people behind the vaccination plan and, above all, of the Uruguayans who put their hand”.

Since the start of the vaccination campaign, Uruguay has administered at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to 2,302,717 people. This number represents almost 65 percent of the population. Meanwhile, there are 1,772,583 citizens who already have the second injection of the serum. The country applies the Sinovac and Pfizer vaccines, the latter even among adolescents.

In the past 24 hours, health authorities have reported 547 new cases. This is the lowest figure since March 22. The total number of infections since the start of the pandemic stands at 372,709.

How is the vaccination going in Argentina?

The other countries in the region are very far compared to Chile and Uruguay in their vaccination campaign and with the complete scheme. The third is located Colombia with 13.6% of its population which has already received two doses of the serum.

Then, Brazil is placed with 12.7% and Argentina has just arrived, in the same percentage as Peru, with just over 9.3%.

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Further on are Ecuador with 7.7%, Bolivia with 5.9%, Paraguay with 1.9% and Venezuela with 0.8% of its population who received the two injections against COVID -19. .

In the case of Argentina, according to data from Public vaccination monitorAs of Monday afternoon, 25,439,093 doses have been distributed, of which 22,444,129 have been applied. Of these, 18,011,944 people received a dose and 4,432,185 completed the immunization schedule.