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President Sebastian Piñera confirmed for the next the start of vaccination against covid-19, which will begin with people who have been in the “First line”, as he said, of the defense against the pandemic in Chile.
“We hope to start the vaccination process in Chile next week and we are going to start with the people who have been on the front line, in critical units caring for critical patients, “said the president, while this Sunday he delivered the details of the 2021 Housing Plan, with an investment of 2.6 billion dollars .
“Then we will continue with the older adults, chronically ill, the people who are deployed fighting covid-19, ″ added Piñera.
Then, the head of state explained that the process will continue with the entire target population.
“Our goal is to vaccinate the bulk of the critical population, that is, the chronically ill, the elderly, health workers, the people who are most exposed, during the first quarter of next year,” he explained.
“We are going to work so that before the end of the first semester of next year, we can vaccinate the bulk of the target population. The former are approximately 5 million people, the target population is 15 million people ”, he mentioned.
“These vaccines have been approved by the health agencies of the most important countries in the world, but also by the ISP,” he said.
Finally, he called for vaccinations.
“It is a safe and effective vaccine and I call on you to get vaccinated, because vaccination is not only to protect ourselves, getting vaccinated is an act of solidarity, for one to protect everyone around us, loved ones and the community and especially to those who are most at risk, which are the elderly and chronically ill, ”said Piñera.
Previous days, the president made official that Chile will receive a first shipment of 20 thousand doses of the Pfizer vaccine, a vaccine that was approved by the ISP in our country, which will be distributed among the target population before the end of the year.
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