2021-02-04 05:06:03 GMT2021-02-04 13:06:03(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
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BOGOTA, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) Colombian President Ivan Duque announced on Wednesday that the country s National Food and Drug Surveillance Institute has authorized the emergency use of COVID-19 vaccines developed by Chinese firm Sinovac Biotech.
The approval was made following experts evaluation of the vaccines, Duque said during a daily television program on COVID-19.
According to the Colombian government, the country will launch a mass vaccination campaign against the COVID-19 pandemic on Feb. 20.
Colombia has registered 2,125,622 COVID-19 infections and 54,877 deaths as of Wednesday, said the Ministry of Health and Social Protection.
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