Several countries across Latin America began receiving vaccine deliveries this holiday week, bringing some the gift of hope for brighter days ahead.

Mexico inoculated its first person against co vid 19, amid a pandemic that has killed 120,000 people in the country and battered the economy.

Celebrating a Christmas roll out, the Pfizer vaccine was given to 59 year old nurse Maria Elena Ramirez, head nurse at the intensive care unit of Mexico City's Rueben Lenten Ero Hospital SL before Reagan.

Okay, put ever receive it in the paint.

It's the best gift in 2020 I could have got, and this means that I can go on now with more security to move ahead in this war against an invisible enemy.

Pfizer's is the first Covid-19 vaccine to reach Mexico, which has also signed deals for vaccines from other firms.

Wednesday's shipment contained only 3000 doses of the vaccine.

Chile received the 1st 10,000 doses of a 10 million order of the Pfizer vaccine on Thursday, with inoculations of health workers beginning immediately.

While in Argentina, some 300,000 doses of Russia's Sputnik five vaccine arrived from Moscow.

No Co vid 19 vaccine has been approved yet for use in Brazil, Latin America's most populous country.

But Brazil has received 5.5 million doses of a Chinese vaccine developed by Sin Novak Biotech as part of several trials underway.

Brazil's right wing president Gyroball So.

Naro, however, has pledged not to take any coronavirus vaccine even if it's approved by Brazil's health authorities.