Chile to become first country in Latin America to offer fourth COVID shot

FILE PHOTO: People wait in line to receive a dose of a vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a mobile vaccine clinic in Valparaiso, Chile, January 3, 2022. REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile will begin offering a fourth shot of the coronavirus vaccine next week to immunocompromised citizens, the government said on Thursday, the first country in Latin America and one of the first in the world to offer the extra dose.

"Starting next Monday, January 10, we are going to start a new mass vaccination process with a fourth dose or a second booster dose," said Pinera in a press conference.