, Dec 9 () –
The Government of Bolivia has approved this Wednesday the vaccination for children between 5 and 11 years old, a measure that 1.6 million children will benefit from in an attempt to quell the increase in COVID-19 infections in the country.
Bolivian President Luis Arce has advanced that the administration of minors will begin this Thursday and has clarified that several planes will be assigned to collect the shipment of the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine, of which about three million doses will be received until the end of year thanks to an agreement with the Government of China. With this measure, the total vaccinated population in Bolivia will reach more than 10.2 million citizens.
The coronavirus has not given truce in the country. In fact, the Vice Minister of Health of Bolivia, Alejandra Hidalgo, blamed the increase in infections in Santa Cruz, the department with the most positives (509), to the anti-government protests that took place in November to protest the anti-money laundering law. of capitals, already repealed.
The Bolivian health authorities have notified this Wednesday 1,737 new positives and 12 deaths in the last twenty-four hours. On the other hand, more than 4.1 million first doses have been administered and more than 3.3 million already have the second dose throughout the national territory, according to the latest data from the Ministry of Health.
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