{"id":212510,"date":"2022-08-26T01:06:58","date_gmt":"2022-08-25T23:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.visit-latin-america.com\/?p=212510"},"modified":"2024-12-19T18:27:56","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T16:27:56","slug":"covid-19-vaccination-update-in-latin-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/visit-latin-america.com\/en\/covid-19-vaccination-update-in-latin-america\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19: Vaccination update in Latin America"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Last update 26\/08\/2022)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW215900184 BCX0\" lang=\"EN\" xml:lang=\"EN\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW215900184 BCX0\">Since the first vaccination administered in Latin America on December 24, 2020 in Mexico, vaccination campaigns continue, let&#8217;s take stock country by country on their progress. It is important to note that&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW215900184 BCX0\">prioritization&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW215900184 BCX0\">criteria&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW215900184 BCX0\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW215900184 BCX0\">have been defined in order to protect first health workers, then&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW215900184 BCX0\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW215900184 BCX0\">people&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW215900184 BCX0\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW215900184 BCX0\">over 60 years of age&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW215900184 BCX0\">as well as&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW215900184 BCX0\">adults<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW215900184 BCX0\">&nbsp;with significant<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW215900184 BCX0\">&nbsp;risk factors.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW215900184 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, Latin America is the geographic area with the highest vaccination rate in the world. Third dose campaigns have begun in most countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW160587447 BCX0\" lang=\"EN\" xml:lang=\"EN\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW160587447 BCX0\">Percentages of populations by country that received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW160587447 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone wp-image-213267 size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1300\" height=\"764\" src=\"https:\/\/test.visit-latin-america.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/coronavirus-data-explorer-5-ok.png\" alt=\"Source : Our World in Data le 26\/08\/2022\" class=\"wp-image-213267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visit-latin-america.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/coronavirus-data-explorer-5-ok.png 1300w, https:\/\/visit-latin-america.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/coronavirus-data-explorer-5-ok-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/visit-latin-america.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/coronavirus-data-explorer-5-ok-1024x602.png 1024w, https:\/\/visit-latin-america.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/coronavirus-data-explorer-5-ok-768x451.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1300px) 100vw, 1300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source : Our World in Data le 26\/08\/2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><strong>Argentina<\/strong> &nbsp;has administered more than 109 million doses to date, or more than 90,9% of the population of which more than 37.7 million are fully immunized throughout the country. From the week of June 8, 2021, it will be the first country on the continent to produce the Russian vaccine Sputnik at a rate of 500,000 doses per week in order to accelerate this vaccination process.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In&nbsp;<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Bolivia, 7.3<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> million people were able to benefit from the vaccination campaign, or more than 62,5% of the total population.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Brazil,<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> &nbsp;which has been particularly affected by the pandemic, has been able to provide nearly 87,7% of its inhabitants with a first dose of vaccine and 184.6 million are now fully vaccinated.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&nbsp;Chile,&nbsp;<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">it has 94,4% of immunized children, of which more than 92.3% have received two doses. It is the most advanced Latin American country to date in its vaccination campaign.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Colombia<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> &nbsp;for its part has begun the last phase of its plan which has 5. The administration of a third dose has started since September 2021. To&nbsp;&nbsp;date, 87.1 million doses have been administered&nbsp;&nbsp;to a total of more than 42.5 million people or 83.4% of the target population.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In <strong>C<\/strong><\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><strong>osta Rica<\/strong>,<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> &nbsp;more than 87,6% of the population received a first injection and 82,2% the second, for a total of 4.4 million people.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In&nbsp;<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ecuador,<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> 86,4% of the population is immunized, for a total of 15.2 million people. The province of Galapagos for its part is fully vaccinated in order to allow the revival of tourism as quickly and safely as possible.&nbsp; <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In&nbsp;<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Guatemala,<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> 51,2% of the population has had access to the COVID-19 vaccine, or just over 8.6 million people. The United States, through Vice President Kamala Harris, has announced the sending of half a million doses in order to speed up the vaccination process.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mexico <\/span><\/b>has<span data-contrast=\"auto\">&nbsp; 79,9 million supplements vaccinated, or 62% of its target population and 73.5% of first-time vaccinated. In the coming weeks the process will be intensified according to the government.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Nearly 3,49 million habitants of <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Panama<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> &nbsp;have received a first dose and 3,1 million people are fully vaccinated, or 72.7% of the population.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In&nbsp;<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Peru<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> 85.1% of the population is vaccinated and more than 28 million others 29.7 milion have already received a first injection.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW265293128 BCX0\" lang=\"EN\" xml:lang=\"EN\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW265293128 BCX0\">Where and what vaccines are used in Latin America<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW265293128 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone wp-image-212506 size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1065\" height=\"592\" src=\"https:\/\/test.visit-latin-america.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Ou-et-quels-vaccins-sont-utilises-en-Amerique-Latine-Source-Atlantic-Council.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-212506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visit-latin-america.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Ou-et-quels-vaccins-sont-utilises-en-Amerique-Latine-Source-Atlantic-Council.jpg 1065w, https:\/\/visit-latin-america.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Ou-et-quels-vaccins-sont-utilises-en-Amerique-Latine-Source-Atlantic-Council-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visit-latin-america.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Ou-et-quels-vaccins-sont-utilises-en-Amerique-Latine-Source-Atlantic-Council-1024x569.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visit-latin-america.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Ou-et-quels-vaccins-sont-utilises-en-Amerique-Latine-Source-Atlantic-Council-768x427.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1065px) 100vw, 1065px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source\u202f: Altantic Council<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get an update on COVID-19 vaccination progress in Latin America, a key factor for the region\u2019s tourism recovery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":212504,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8183],"tags":[8362,18600,8317,7578,8364],"class_list":["post-212510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latam-news-en","tag-biosecurity","tag-health-en","tag-security","tag-travel","tag-vaccine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/visit-latin-america.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/visit-latin-america.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/visit-latin-america.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visit-latin-america.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visit-latin-america.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212510"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/visit-latin-america.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":232385,"href":"https:\/\/visit-latin-america.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212510\/revisions\/232385"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visit-latin-america.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/visit-latin-america.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visit-latin-america.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visit-latin-america.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}