Chile's Health Ministry reported on Thursday that over 60 percent of the population had been vaccinated, as the country enjoys one of the fastest COVID-19 vaccine rollouts alongside Iran.
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Minister Rogelio Paris said that "12,934,282 doses of vaccine against COVID-19 have been administered. Of which, 7,664,226 are people with the first dose, and 5,270,056 are vaccinated people who have already completed their two doses."
"More than 5 million 270 thousand people have been vaccinated with two doses of vaccine against COVID-19."
Overall, more than 15 million people are immunized; over 136,000 of them are fully vaccinated. Moreover, more than 2 million individuals 60 years older have been inoculated.
The country faces a spike of COVID-19 cases, with a record figure of 7,289 cases in the last seven days.