Chile begins COVID-19 vaccination of essential healthcare workers


SANTIAGO, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- Chile on Thursday began to vaccinate its population against the novel coronavirus, after the arrival of the first 10,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.

Chile's President Sebastian Pinera and Health Ministry officials were on hand for the vaccination of the first five healthcare workers from intensive care units in the capital Santiago, who were vaccinated at the city's Metropolitan Hospital.

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