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Update: USA Donates 6 Million Covid-19 Doses as Colombia Rocketing Past 25 Million Vaccinations

Medellin Herald July 23, 2021

Colombia President Ivan Duque announced this morning (July 23) that the U.S. government is shipping yet another 3.5 million doses of free Covid-19 vaccine to Colombia on Sunday, July 25 — on top of 2.5 million doses earlier donated by the U.S. to Colombia last month. This makes the U.S.

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Colombia Soaring Past 20 Million Covid-19 Vaccinations; Private Companies Joining

Medellin Herald July 7, 2021

Colombia this week will surpass 20 million Covid-19 vaccinations — and seems likely to surpass its goal of 25 million by end-July, according to latest Health Ministry forecasts. Meanwhile, more than 1.25 million employees of nearly 6,000 private companies nationally this week are starting to get free Covid-19 shots thanks to massive investments by member-companies

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Colombia Covid-19 Vaccinations Will Cover 35 Million People by December 2021

Medellin Herald June 30, 2021

Colombia Health Minister Fernando Ruiz announced today (June 30) that because of acceleration in Covid-19 vaccination rates, Colombia is likely to achieve its stated goal of having its 35 million most-vulnerable-people fully vaccinated by December 2021. “We see an important growth in daily vaccinations, having started with an average of less than 50,000 per day […]

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Colombia Nears 17 Million Covid-19 Vaccinations; Antioquia at 2.4 Million; Medellin at 1.1 Million

Medellin Herald June 24, 2021

Colombia Health Minister Fernando Ruiz announced this morning (June 24) that Colombia has now exceeded 16 million Covid-19 vaccinations — and is averaging close to 300,000 daily, making its 17-million total-vaccinations-target by end-June likely a certainty. Of those 16 million nationwide vaccinations, 5.4 million are second shots – as required by almost all the

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Colombia Updates Covid-19 Vaccination Rollout Plan as Shot Rate Accelerates

Medellin Herald May 9, 2021

Colombia’s Health Ministry announced May 8 a new, updated Covid-19 vaccination plan on the heels of accelerating vaccination rates – now topping 200,000 daily, likely meaning that more than 10 million Colombians will have had at least one shot by the end of May 2021. The plan adjustments “were made based on scientific evidence, which […]

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Colombia Covid-19 Vaccinations Approach 5 Million; Antioquia Coverage Tops 10%

Medellin Herald April 22, 2021

Colombia President Ivan Duque announced April 21 that while 4 million Colombians have already received at least one shot of Covid-19 vaccine, that number will have topped 5 million by May 4, thanks to accelerating vaccination rates. Meanwhile, Antioquia Acting Governor Luis Fernando Suarez revealed April 21 that 600,000 people in Antioquia (including metro Medellin) […]

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Colombia Exceeding 1 Million Covid-19 Vaccinations This Week; April Surge Coming

Medellin Herald March 15, 2021

Colombia Health Minister Fernando Ruiz revealed this morning (March 15) that more than 1 million people nationally will have received their first shot of Covid-19 vaccine this week, with 1.8 million likely by end-March. As of March 13, 782,301 Colombians had gotten a Covid-19 shot since the vaccination campaign started 25 days ago, of which […]

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Covid-19 Vaccine Supplies Expanding Here, but Monthly Shot Rate Must Triple

Medellin Herald March 11, 2021

Colombia Health Minister Fernando Ruiz announced March 10 that pharmaceutical giant Pfizer just confirmed that Colombia will get another 2.2 million doses of its highly effective Covid-19-prevention vaccines next month (April 2021). This upcoming delivery comes on top of the nearly 1.5 million Sinovac doses received here last weekend — supplementing an earlier

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Colombia Now Receiving 1.65 Million Doses of Covid-19 Vaccines; Shots Start This Week

Medellin Herald February 15, 2021

Colombia President Ivan Duque announced this morning (February 15) that the nation will receive the first 50,000 doses of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines today, followed by 1.6 million more doses from various providers over the next three weeks. As a result, the first vaccinations will start here right away — a few days in advance of […]

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Covid-19 Tests Now Available at Medellin’s JMC International Airport

Medellin Herald January 31, 2021

Medellin-based Healtix Home IPS and Bogota-based WTA Latam IPS jointly announced January 29 the start-up of Covid-19 testing services at Medellin’s José María Córdova (JMC) international airport in Rionegro. “From today, our airport will have a laboratory to carry out Covid-19 detection tests,” according to a bulletin from JMC. “This service will be provided by […]