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.
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Less than 300 days after Costa Rica confirmed its first case of COVID-19, the country on Thursday morning began vaccinating citizens and residents against the disease.
Elizabeth Castillo, 91, and Jorge De Ford, 72, became the first two people to receive the coronavirus vaccine. Both are residents of an elderly home in San Ramón de Tres Ríos,
“Even though here, [COVID-19] hasn’t arrived, I feel very thankful to God,” Castillo said. “My life is very important to me. I appreciate all the moments.” Jorge De Ford, 72, receives the coronavirus vaccine on December 24, 2020. via Casa Presidencial.
“That everyone get the vaccine that’s my message,” De Ford said.