The President of Colombia, Iván Duque, reported that the country complied one of the goals set when starting the National Vaccination Plan. This Saturday the 70% of the population vaccinated with one dose.
Faced with this, the president assured that “we are within a few days of arriving 50% with two doses and we have to make it a country purpose to reach that 70% with two doses. What does this depend on? to go to the vaccination posts, to comply with the day, not to leave until tomorrow what we can do today, “said Duque.
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He also said that you have to get vaccinated to meet the next goal. At the same time, he recalled that booster doses are already being applied to people over 18 years of age.
During a meeting in Córdoba, He exalted that many had said that there would be no mass vaccination this year, that it would arrive in 2023“Many said that we had nothing organized. Today we say that we have already achieved the first macro-goal,” said the Head of State.
It is highlighted that with a cut-off at 11:59 on Thursday, November 25, 55,791,642 doses of the vaccine against covid-19 have been applied in Colombia.
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In that order of ideas, by Monodosis they have been 4,748,587. For its part, 24,202,521 Colombians have complete one- and two-dose schedules.
The private companies have applied 1,381,275 and 62,355,716 vaccines have been distributed.