2020-12-24 23:05:54 GMT2020-12-25 07:05:54(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
SAN JOSE, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) A 91-year-old woman became the first person in Costa Rica on Thursday to receive the vaccine against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) disease, after the first 9,750 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine arrived Wednesday night.
Elizabeth Castillo received the first dose, along with Jorge de Ford, 72, in addition to Dr. Jose Acuna and nurse Tatiana Sancho, who work at the Specialized Center for the Care of Patients with COVID-19.
The president of Costa Rica, Carlos Alvarado, celebrated the application of the first vaccines and highlighted the effort that his country made to be the second in Latin America, after Mexico, to receive the first doses.
6:48 AM MYT SAN JOSE, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) A 91-year-old woman became the first person in Costa Rica on Thursday to receive the vaccine against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) disease, after the first 9,750 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine arrived Wednesday night. Elizabeth Castillo received the first dose, along with Jorge de Ford, 72, in addition to Dr. Jose Acuna and nurse Tatiana Sancho, who work at the Specialized Center for the Care of Patients with COVID-19. The president of Costa Rica, Carlos Alvarado, celebrated the application of the first vaccines and highlighted the effort that his country made to be the second in Latin America, after Mexico, to receive the first doses.