Chile will apply a fourth dose of the coronavirus vaccine as of February 15

The health authorities of Chile have confirmed that, as of February 15, they will begin to administer a fourth dose from the coronavirus vaccine to the “selected groups“, Which include older adults, health personnel and people with comorbidity.

“We have calculated that, after February 15, we will start with the fourth dose, with selected groups, as we did at the beginning of the vaccination”, Has confirmed the Minister of Health of Chile, Enrique Paris, in statements to the station Danube.

In this way, Chile would join Israel, whose authorities already advanced this Tuesday that they would launch a vaccination campaign to inoculate a fourth dose in order to cope with the advancement of the new omicron variant.

Chilean health authorities have confirmed this Wednesday 981 new positive cases, such that the total number of infected is close to 1.8 million. Similarly, another six deaths have been added, bringing the total number of deaths to 38,900 since the start of the pandemic.

(With information from Europa Press)

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