South American Columbia has begun vaccination against Pfizer’s Corona 19 on the 17th (local time), Reuters reported on the 18th. Colombian authorities were initially scheduled to be vaccinated from the 20th, but the initiation date was advanced three days, the news agency said.
On the 17th (local time), Colombian President Ivan Duquet (left) is saying hello to Colombia’s first Corona 19 vaccination nurse, Veronica Machado, by bumping her elbow. Machado is the forefront medical staff who cares for Corona 19 patients in the intensive care unit. Colombia started vaccination on the 17th, three days earlier than originally scheduled. [AFP=연합뉴스]
– In Colombia, 50,000 doses of Pfizer’s first vaccine arrived through El Dorado International Airport on the 15th. Colombian President Ivan Duque even picked up the first vaccine at the airport. It is interpreted that it was judged that there was no reason to postpone vaccination as the vaccine volume came in as scheduled.
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The first inoculation in Colombia was Veronica Machado, 46, a top nurse who cares for Corona 19 patients in the intensive care unit of a university hospital. After watching Machado get the vaccine, President Duque greeted him with a bump in his elbow.
![Nurse Machado is receiving the Pfizer's Corona 19 vaccine on the 17th. He is caring for COVID-19 patients at a university hospital in Sinselho, Sucre. [로이터=연합뉴스]](https://i0.wp.com/pds.joins.com/news/component/htmlphoto_mmdata/202102/18/3c4d9613-7720-4ceb-b08f-f70bd4c1ca64.jpg?w=900&ssl=1)
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Nurse Machado is receiving the Pfizer’s Corona 19 vaccine on the 17th. He is caring for COVID-19 patients at a university hospital in Sinselho, Sucre. [로이터=연합뉴스]
– “Today is the day when a new chapter is opened to defeat Corona 19,” said President Douke. Medical staff and the elderly aged 80 or older are the first to receive vaccination. The Colombian government plans to inoculate about 1 million people over the next month. It is also expected to bring in 192,000 doses of China’s Sinovac vaccine this weekend.
Colombia was one of the five late vaccinations out of 37 member states of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). However, as Colombia started the first vaccination with the Pfizer vaccine following Japan on the 17th, the OECD member countries that have not yet started vaccination became Korea, New Zealand and Australia.
![Colombian President Ivan Duquet gives a speech after receiving a Pfizer vaccine arriving at El Dorado International Airport in Bogota on the 15th. [로이터=연합뉴스]](https://i0.wp.com/pds.joins.com/news/component/htmlphoto_mmdata/202102/18/5c5015e5-3e82-4228-983b-6f09c62c69db.jpg?w=900&ssl=1)
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Colombian President Ivan Duquet gives a speech after receiving a Pfizer vaccine arriving at El Dorado International Airport in Bogota on the 15th. [로이터=연합뉴스]
– New Zealand is expected to begin vaccination with Pfizer vaccine on the 20th and Australia on the 22nd, so South Korea, which is scheduled to start vaccination on the 26th, is expected to begin vaccination against Corona 19 among the latest OECD member countries.
According to Bloomberg statistics, as of the 18th, vaccines for COVID-19 are in progress in 82 countries around the world. To date, more than 184 million doses of vaccine have been administered in these countries.
Reporter Lim Sun-young [email protected]
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