President Duque announces that the first 50,000 doses of covid-19 vaccine will arrive in Colombia on Monday

President Iván Duque has announced that, from Belgium, the first batch of covid-19 vaccines will arrive in Colombia. It would be about 50,000 doses from the pharmaceutical company Pfizer, which will be intended for healthcare workers on the front line of care against the virus.

The president also indicated that in this first phase, the elderly and people suffering from comorbidities will be vaccinated.

These vaccines would constitute the first wave of vaccination against the virus, “We have set ourselves the goal of vaccinating 1 million Colombians in the first 30 days of the vaccination process; This container from Belgium is the first shipment of a block of 1,650,000 vaccines that will arrive in the next 3 weeks ”, confirmed the president

In addition, he clarified that the entire vaccination plan is ready to vaccinate all Colombians within the deadline set by the Ministry of Health, “We have acquired all the elements necessary to guarantee the success of the vaccination on the territory, ensure the cold chain and the execution of the plan on site; our vaccination plan has 2 phases and 5 stages ”, confirmed.

The vaccination plan in Colombia has 2 phases and 5 stages. “We will start by vaccinating the men and women who are on the front line of care against covid and we will continue to move forward by protecting the most vulnerable populations. The older the age, the more co-morbidities and the higher the exposure; more deadly is the virus. For this reason, to win the battle of life, we must vaccinate by cutting the backbone of death: first take care of the most vulnerable, the most exposed, then reach the strongest “Duque confirmed.

According to the Minister of Health and Social Protection, Fernando Ruiz, the country 10 million doses for five million people of Pfizer, proportions that are repeated with AstraZeneca and Moderna; as well as 9 million doses for the same number of people by Janssen —Johnson & Johnson— and 2.5 million doses for 1,250,000 people by Sinovac.

“In total, Colombia has acquired 61.5 million doses, with an investment of more than 2 billion pesos, which will allow 35 million 250,000 people to be vaccinated during the year 2021”, added the official

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