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Ecuador reached the goal of vaccinating 9 million people in 100 days

Published on September 07, 2021

Facebook Twitter Google+ LinkedIn Vice President, Alfredo Borrero, and the Minister of Health, Ximena Garzón, announced on the September 1, 2021, that the goal of vaccinating nine million people in 100 days was met. On September 1, 2021, the government of President Guillermo Lasso fulfilled one of its first objectives: to vaccinate nine million people […]

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