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President Sebastian Piñera announced that Chile has signed an agreement that will allow the country to obtain about eight million doses of the coronavirus vaccine, once it is developed.
From La Moneda, Piñera confirmed that “today we have signed a agreement with Covax which is a global initiative, led by the WHO, the EU, Latin American countries and important foundations such as that of Bill and Melinda Gates “.
“This agreement, with the Covax global alliance, allows us to accelerate development and have more and better options and alternatives. It will allow us access to 8 million doses of the vaccine that we choose“.
Additionally, Piñera highlighted that an agreement was reached with the laboratory PfizerBioNtech of the United States and Germany, explaining that “when this vaccine is approved by the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) of the United States and by the Institute of Public Health (ISP) of Chile, it will allow us to access 10 million doses, with a delivery schedule that, if the necessary tests and authorizations are successful, will begin next year. “
He also noted that “the Government of Chile has already expressed its intention to buy and has made the corresponding reserves to acquire 14.4 million doses of the vaccine that is developing the AstraZeneca Laboratory, in conjunction with the University of Oxford “.
In Chile, almost 450,000 people have been infected by Covid-19, a pandemic that reached the country in early March and has already claimed the lives of 12,321 people.
