Chile begins 4th round of COVID vaccinations

A fourth vaccination dose against coronavirus began Monday for most of population in Chile.

campaign is taking place as nation is experiencing its highest rate of infection with a rate of about 35,000 cases per day - record figures in pandemic.

President Sebastian Pinera received his shot as people over of 55 were eligible to receive fourth dose.

fourth dose process started in Chile on January 10 for immucompromised people.

Chile is passing through its highest rate of infection of entire pandemic, affected by omicron variant, with figures that have reached 37,468 cases.

In Chile, 94.63% of eligible population has been fully vaccinated, according to presidency.

country has one of highest vaccination rates in Latin America and among highest in world.

More than 2.3 million Chileans have been infected since beginning of pandemic and almost 40,000 have died.