MEXICO CITY (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 02nd March, 2021) A batch of 117,000 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine has arrived in Colombia on Monday via the COVAX global distribution facility, making it the first recipient on the continent and the second to Ghana globally.
�"A DHL flight brought to Colombia 117,000 vaccine doses from the Pfizer pharmaceutical company, acquired via the COVAX facility. This will help Colombia to advance the implementation of its national COVID-19 vaccination plan," the Colombian Presidency said on Twitter.
Colombia expects to receive a total of 20 million doses via COVAX and 61.5 million doses from various producers overall throughout this year.
The Colombian vaccination campaign began on February 17, using the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. Over 114,000 people have received at least one dose, as of Monday.
