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1st Covid-19 Vaccinations Here Start February 20; 35 Million People Covered by End-2021

Medellin Herald January 30, 2021

Colombia Health Minister Fernando Ruiz announced last night (January 29) that the first 337,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine will be administered starting February 20. Thanks to recent purchase deals, “Colombia has secured the 35 million vaccines necessary to immunize 70% of its population against

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Colombia Adding 71,000 More Covid-19 Vaccination Specialists; Antioquia Gets 8,600

Medellin Herald January 15, 2021

Colombia Health Minister Fernando Ruiz announced last night (January 14) that another 71,473 vaccination specialists soon will join the existing 7,000 nationally qualified Covid-19 vaccinators via a new training program that starts today. The “Management of Vaccination Against Covid-19 in Colombia” course now underway with Colombia’s SENA training institute includes

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Colombia Updates Covid-19 Monthly Vaccination Schedule; U.S. Demands Infection Tests for All Colombian Passenger Arrivals

Medellin Herald January 13, 2021

Colombia Health Minister Fernando Ruiz revealed last night (January 12) that the first 850,000 people here to get Covid-19 vaccinations will get their shots in February.  Assuming compliance with projected delivery and distribution schedules, the tentative vaccination plan includes: February: 850,000 people vaccinated.March: 3,862,900.April: 1,800,000.May: 7,968,900.June:

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Covid-19 Vaccination Plan to Include ‘Mi Vacuna’ App

Medellin Herald January 5, 2021

The Medellin Mayor’s Office on January 5 issued a bulletin updating plans to begin Covid-19 vaccinations in February. The first phase of 86,526 doses of the vaccine will be administered to front-line health-care workers and adults 80-and-over, next month. That will be followed by a second phase covering those 60 to 79 plus second-line health-care workers, […]

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Medellin Readies 800,000 Covid-19 Vaccinations; Appointment Instructions to be Sent Via ‘Medellin Me Cuida’ App in January

Medellin Herald December 20, 2020

Medellin Mayor Daniel Quintero announced December 19 that 338 vaccination teams throughout the city are gearing-up to administer 800,000 Covid-19 vaccinations starting in February. “Those people who are part of the population that will be vaccinated in the first stage will receive information and instructions through the ‘Medellín Me Cuida’ [application],” according to the

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Colombia Confirms 40 Million Covid-19 Vaccine Doses, Unveils Five-Stage Vaccination Plan Starting February

Medellin Herald December 19, 2020

Colombia President Ivan Duque announced last night (December 18) in a nationally televised address that Colombia now has guaranteed supplies of 40 million Covid-19 vaccine doses in deals with Pfizer, AstraZeneca and the Covax multinational consortium. As a result, “in the first weeks of 2021 we are advancing the process of mass vaccination,” Duque revealed. […]

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Health Institute Study Indicates 27% of Medellin Residents Already Infected with Covid-19

Medellin Herald November 27, 2020

Colombia’s National Health Institute (INS in Spanish initials) director Martha Ospina announced November 26 that a seroprevalence study of a statistically representative sample of Medellin residents indicates that 27% of people here likely have already been infected with Covid-19 — and hence show antibodies in their bloodstreams. While that 27% figure suggests that

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Medellin Mayor: Covid-19 Case Under-Reporting Could Mean 1 Million in Area Already Infected, 96% Recovered

Medellin Herald October 18, 2020

Medellin Mayor Daniel Quintero on October 17 issued a startling analysis indicating that the Medellin metro area likely has already surpassed 1 million Covid-19 cases with 96% of those likely recovered. According to the Mayor’s analysis (see: https://medellin.gov.co/irj/portal/medellin?NavigationTarget=navurl://96fe4145738006ecf074a9e8fc82bccc), “in some countries it

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Covid-19: Antioquia Passes 100,000-Cases Mark Today; Science Study Shows Face Masks Even-More Useful for Disease Prevention, Symptoms Moderation

Medellin Herald September 17, 2020

With the Antioquia departmental government on September 16 reporting a cumulative total of 99,632 cases of Covid-19, including 2,124 total deaths and an average of more than 1,000 new cases daily — mainly in Medellin and Valle de Aburra — Antioquia today (September 17) will surpass the 100,000-cases marker. However, there’s startling good news on […]

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Colombia to Test Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 Vaccine in September

Medellin Herald August 25, 2020

Colombia Health Minister Fernando Ruiz announced August 24 that 60,000 volunteers here will participate in a test next month of a Covid-19 vaccine developed by U.S.-based health-care giant Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen subsidiary. “With this [Janssen] company we have been working for more than a month in conversations about the possibility of conducting phase-3 clinical