Chile in 'critical' grip of second Covid wave despite one of best vaccination rates
The fanfare and hype around Chile's successful vaccination program may have lulled people into dropping their guard as the country saw high holiday travel.
SANTIAGO, Chile — A year after the pandemic began, Genoveva Fernández Rodríguez, 59, a house cleaner in Chile, is still vigilantly wearing her mask, using alcohol gel and disinfecting her clothes after work.
Fernández will get her first vaccine dose Thursday, but as she rides to work each day on Santiago’s metro system, she finds herself actively dodging groups of mainly young people who she feels have given up on the basic measures against the coronavirus.
A massive second wave of the coronavirus is gripping Chile, despite a much-lauded vaccination program that is the best in Latin America and one of the top worldwide.
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For many, the alarming spike in cases contradicts the government’s impressive efforts to vaccinate quickly, administering doses at nearly seven times the rate of Brazil.
Delivering around 225,000 doses a day — mostly of the Chinese Sinovac vaccine — Chile has administered nearly 9 million doses so far, equivalent to 47 doses per 100 people, according to the University of Oxford in England. Only Israel and the United Arab Emirates have administered more. By contrast, the second-highest performer in Latin America is Brazil, at 7 doses per 100 people.
Chile in 'critical' grip of second Covid wave despite one of best vaccination rates (nbcnews.com)
Genau das haben AHC und Montagnier schon im Juli letzten Jahres angekündigt. Roselyne Bachelot, die es wegen der Impfung böse mit Corona erwischt hat, hätte es besser wissen müssen. Wie es aussieht, lernen Demokraten, wenn überhaupt, wenn sie am Rand des Ruins oder des Grabes stehen.