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The president of Colombia, Iván Duque. Stock Photography.
The Colombian government announces that undocumented immigrants, mostly Venezuelans, will not be covered by the next corona vaccination program.
President Iván Duque says in a radio interview that the measure is necessary to prevent “everyone who crosses the border to be vaccinated.”
Since 2015, five million people have left neighboring Venezuela. Many have gone to Colombia. More than 1.7 million Venezuelans live in Colombia, of which an estimated 55 percent are undocumented.
However, Duque has been criticized for his statements.
“From an epidemiological point of view, it is a bad idea not to vaccinate Venezuelans. But above all, it is an unethical proposal. It excludes the most vulnerable and discriminates in an almost threatening way against a group of people because of their nationality and immigration status. “, writes. former Minister of Health Alejandro Gaviria on Twitter.
More than 1.5 million cases of covid-19 have been reported in Colombia and more than 40,000 corona-related deaths have been reported.
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