Ecuador Invests in vaccines to reopen tourism on the Galápagos Islands 

Tourism has plummeted on the Galápagos Islands through the pandemic. But the government of Ecuador has purchased 40,000 vaccine doses to cover all the adults on the islands. Manuel Rueda reports that in a place where tourism is the main industry, officials hope that will draw people back this summer.

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