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Chile receives first shipment of Sinovac vaccine

Last Updated: Chile Receives First Shipment Of Sinovac Vaccine Chile on Thursday received its first shipment of CoronaVac vaccines from the Chinese drugmaker Sinovac. There to welcome the precious cargo was Chile s president Sebastián Piñera. Today is a day of joy, emotion and hope, said Piñera at an airport arrival ceremony. Piñera stated his government expects a massive vaccination process to begin next week, following certification from the health ministry.Another two million doses of the Sinovac vaccine are expected to arrive next Sunday.The vaccine was approved for emergency use a week ago by the Chilean Institute of Public Health.The jab has already been licensed in China, Indonesia, Turkey and Brazil.In addition to Sinovac, Chile is already inoculating health personnel and elderly home residents with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.On Wednesday the health authorities gave the green light to the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.

Chile approves distribution of Pfizer vaccine

Last Updated: Chile Approves Distribution Of Pfizer Vaccine The authorization came after a lengthy meeting of a panel of experts at the Public Health Institute (ISP), who voted the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine as an exceptional use. Vaccination in Chile will be voluntary and free. The authorization came after a lengthy meeting of a panel of experts at the Public Health Institute (ISP), who voted the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine as an exceptional use. This vaccine has also been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Chile reached agreements with several laboratories to ensure 32.4 million doses for 16.2 million of the 19 million people in the country.

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