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The Chilean government announces that they will begin administering booster doses for those who have received the Sinovac CoronaVac vaccine beginning on August 11 for people over the age of 55 using the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine and in September for people under the age of 55 using the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in order to protect the population from the Delta variant.
2021-08-5

Chile begins its vaccination campaign against COVID-19 after the arrival of 10,000 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to the country.
2020-12-24

Chile's Ministry of Health reports its country's first COVID-19 death in an 83-year woman from Renca, Santiago. The country has more than 500 confirmed cases, the second-largest number in South America after Brazil.
2020-03-21

Voters in Chile head to the polls to elect a president, as well as positions in the Senate, the Chamber of Deputies, as well as regional boards.
2017-11-19

Construction begins on the European Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) in northern Chile. The ELT is expected to become operational in 2024.
2017-05-26

The European Southern Observatory's ALMA telescope begins service in Chile's Atacama Desert.
2013-03-13

An alert is issued after the Copahue stratovolcano, located on the border between Argentina and Chile, begins spewing ash.
2012-12-25

Sixty-one schools in Chile's capital Santiago are to be investigated for possible child sex abuse.
2012-07-21

Police clash with Chilean fishermen opposed to a new law said to favour larger companies; Chilean police use tear gas and water cannon to break up demonstrations in Valparaíso.
2012-07-11

83 prisoners die as a fire breaks out in a prison in Santiago, Chile.
2010-12-8