The City of Rio de Janeiro Begins the Immunization Against the Coronavirus (COVID-19) at the Christ the Redeemer

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - JANUARY 18: Adelia Maria dos Santos, 71, a Municipal Health Secretariat worker since 1979 administers a dose of the CoronaVac vaccine to Terezinha da Conceicao, 80, and Dulcinea da Silva Lopes, 59 at the feet of the statue of Christ the Redeemer on January 18, 2021 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Dulcinea is a nursing technician at Hospital Municipal Ronaldo Gazolla and has been working on the front lines of the fight against Covid-19 for 8 months. Terezinha has lived in a shelter managed by the city since 2015, when her house was demolished by the Civil Defense where she lived in a situation of vulnerability and social risk. The state of Rio de Janeiro will immunize with the first vaccine shipment Health workers, institutionalized people aged 60 or over, Indigenous and quilombolas on their own land and institutionalized people with disabilities. The CoronaVac vaccine was developed by the Chinese laboratory Sinovac in partnership with the Butantan Institute. (Footage by Sergio Alves/Getty Images)