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 State Department official Victoria Nuland announced during an
official visit to Asuncion that the vaccines should arrive in
Paraguay "in a few weeks."
"We are going to donate one million doses of Pfizer vaccines to
Paraguay," said Nuland, who also pledged help from Washington to
accelerate delivery of doses through the global COVAX vaccine
sharing program, co-led by the World Health Organization (WHO).
President Joe Biden said this month that the United States "will be
the arsenal of vaccines in our fight against COVID-19." Nuland met
with Paraguayan President Mario Abdo in Asuncion and spoke with
local media.
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 Paraguay, with a population of
7 million, confirmed 152 deaths from COVID-19 on
Sunday, a daily record that brought the
country's coronavirus-related fatalities to
12,517 since the start of the pandemic.
Paraguay's Health Ministry said 665,117 people
in the country have gotten at least one vaccine
dose so far. The donation of 1 million Pfizer
doses to Paraguay is part of Washington's
overall pledge to donate 80 million shots.
(Reporting by Daniela Desantis; Writing by Hugh
Bronstein; Editing by Bill Berkrot)
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