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Uruguay’s vaccine booster campaign advancing fast

Uruguay’s drive to give its citizens a third shot of the Covid-19 vaccine is progressing fast, with more than 400,000 people (in a country of 3.5 million) already given an additional Pfizer jab, among them President Luis Lacalle Pou.

The country is offering a Pfizer booster jab to Uruguayans who received two shots of the somewhat less effective Sinovac vaccine — a move that has sparked controversy globally given expert recommendations that countries with large amounts of unvaccinated people should be prioritized instead.

Uruguay is hoping that a fully immunized country should be ready to safely host a normal tourism season this summer, a key feature of the country’s economy.

Ignacio Portes

Ignacio Portes is The Brazilian Report's Latin America editor. Based in Buenos Aires, he has covered politics, macro, markets and diplomacy for the Financial Times, Al Jazeera, and the Buenos Aires Herald.

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