165,260 persons vaccinated against COVID-19 on Wednesday

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COVID-19 vaccines were administered to 165,260 persons on Wednesday and 70.46% of the country’s population has received the first dose of a vaccine to date.

According to Our World in Data, the second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine has been administered to 61.71% of the total population. The Epidemiology Unit states that 91.1% of the country’s population over the age of 20 has received both doses of a COVID-19 vaccine.

The first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine has been administered to 15,262,192 persons and the second dose has been administered to 13,319,379 persons.

On Wednesday, 108,372 persons received the first dose of Pfizer and 1,883 persons received the second dose of the vaccine. In total, the first dose of Pfizer has been administered to 935,121 persons, of which 435,812 persons have received the second dose as well.

The first dose of Sinopharm has been administered to 11,885,297 persons and 10,565,768 persons have received the second dose of Sinopharm. On Wednesday, 4,299 persons received the first dose of Sinopharm and 48,889 persons received the second dose of the vaccine.

The second dose of AstraZeneca was administered to 1,738 persons on Wednesday, raising the number of persons to receive the second dose of AstraZeneca to 1,390,438. The first dose of the vaccine has been administered to 1,479,575 persons.

The Epidemiology Unit states that 803,098 persons have received the first dose of Moderna and 771,707 persons have received the second dose of Moderna. On Wednesday, 75 persons received the second dose of Moderna.

Four persons received the first dose of Sputnik V on Wednesday and a total of 159,101 persons have received the first dose of Spuntik V. The second dose of the vaccine has been administered to 155,654 persons.

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