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Colombo, Sep 24 (EFE/EPA).- Sri Lanka began Thursday the COVID-19 vaccination drive for children between 12-19 years old with disabilities, chronic illnesses or co-morbidities.Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines are administered to children under supervision and assessment of consultant paediatrician while the parents or guardians are required to produce all medical records of children and also sign a letter of consent. From among the almost 22 million population, Sri Lanka has successfully vaccinated around 96 percent of its over 20 year’s population with the first dose of any COVID-19 vaccine and 77 percent of the same age group with the second doses. The most vaccinated is Sinopharm vaccines, followed by Astra-Zeneca (Vaxzevria), Moderna, Pfizer and Sputnik V. (Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE).SHOT LIST: HOSPITAL WORKERS ADMINISTER A DOSE OF COVID-19 VACCINE TO CHILDREN AT THE LADY RIDGEWAY CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.
People are vaccinated at a drive-through center at the Bonilla Stadium, in the Miraflores district of Lima, as Latin America's Covid-19 death toll is set to hit 1 million. IMAGES
Beirut, Lebanon, Feb 16 (EFE/EPA) - (Camera: Nabil Mounzer) Lebanese medical personnel received the Pfizer-BioNTech covid-19 vaccine Tuesday during a nationwide vaccination campaign. In total, twenty-eight thousand doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine arrived in Lebanon on February 13. The first doses will be targeted to the elderly and health care workers according to the order of high-risk groups.FOOTAGE OF MEDICAL PERSONNEL BEING VACCINATED IN LEBANON.
Josefa Perez, 89 years old, is the first in this Barcelona retirement home to receive the Covid-19 vaccine as EU countries launch their vaccination programmes. The second to receive the vaccine is the director of the retirement home Conchita Barbeta, 52. IMAGES
Zulema Riquelme, a 46 years old nurse, receives the first Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 in Santiago, as Chile begins a vaccination campaign against the new coronavirus. IMAGES
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