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During his ‘Prevention and Action’ program, President Iván Duque announced the latest measures announced by his Government to face COVID-19 in the country.
The Minister of Health, Fernando Ruiz, indicated that “Colombia has a strategy defined for several months for access to the vaccine against COVID-19, it includes the participation of the country with another 180 countries (…) availability is scheduled for the first half of 2021.
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To ensure vaccination of priority groups, the minister recalled that 10 million vaccines were already negotiated with COVAX.
“All this is part of this giant investment and innovation process that has been done from the pharmaceutical industry and research in the world on the subject of COVID-19. One day we will be able to see the size and dimension that this process has been that has no comparison with any disease, “he concluded.
For his part, the president assured that the expected vaccine will be paid for by the State and will be distributed free of charge.
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In the same way, he pointed out that “we must not make happy accounts and assume that this is over (…) when we see that the vaccine is available we will be informing it, we must not lower our guard.
