12/26/2020 1:33 PM
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Updated 12/26/2020 1:33 PM
After this Saturday the Ministry of Health of Russia authorized the vaccination with Sputnik V to people over 60 years old, the Chief of Staff, Santiago Cafiero, said that "it would be good" for President Alberto Fernández to give himself the vaccine "to demystify any kind of debunking. "
"The vast majority of Argentines were happy when the vaccine arrived and that is important because it represents the hope and expectation of being able to see that the page will be turned when the vaccination campaign is made meat and is already throughout the territory federal, "Cafiero said.
Faced with criticism of the scientific foundations of the Sputnik V vaccine, Cafiero revealed one of the proposals they are evaluating.
"Although the President is not a doctor or a patient, who are the first to be vaccinated,
today we are seeing - that he is vaccinated - as an image to demystify any type of discrediting that was done to the vaccine
. It would be good if he the president also gives it to him, "said the Chief of Staff in dialogue with the program" Llego el Saturday "on
Radio 10
.
As @alferdez promised, the first 300,000 doses of the Sputnik V vaccine arrived in Argentina in December.
This gives us hope and expectation.
Vaccination begins with the provinces.
For this reason, it is a priority to strengthen and redouble care measures.
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- Santiago Cafiero (@SantiCafiero) December 24, 2020
Until this Saturday, Sputnik V was only authorized by Russia for adults between 18 and 60 years old, which is why Vladimir Putin had said that it would not be applied yet.
"I follow the recommendations of our specialists and that is why for now I have not received the vaccine, but I will do it without fail when possible," the Kremlin chief had said when answering a question about whether he had vaccinated.
But the extension of vaccination to people over 60 was something the government expected.
The Deputy Minister of Health, Carla Vizzotti, had anticipated it from Moscow nine days ago: "At this moment, teachers and health personnel are vaccinating up to 60 years of age. It is presumed that at the end of the year they will expand that recommendation to vaccinate people over 60 years. We are waiting, "he had explained to the program" Things happened "on
Radio Con Vos
.
Now with the new authorization from the Russian Health Ministry, Alberto Fernández, 61, could already receive it.
Distribution to the provinces and volunteers
"These are vaccines that the national State bought and are free for all provinces," Cafiero remarked.
In turn, he anticipated that in the virtual meeting of the President with the governors they will define "the days for the vaccination campaign to start" and that "the distribution stage begins today" to the provinces.
On the other hand, Cafiero highlighted the "solidarity strength" of the Argentines in reference to "the large number of volunteers who signed up for this vaccination campaign, with many doctors, nurses and logistical support from the armed and security forces."
Santiago Cafiero and Ginés González García during the arrival of the Sputnik V vaccine to Ezeiza Photo: JGM
When drawing up his wishes for next year, the President's right-hand man said that they hope "to vaccinate all Argentines, for the economy and jobs to recover, and for poverty to be reduced."
And he concluded that "it is clear and it is becoming more and more evident that
no one is saved alone
and even less in this pandemic. We need everyone without pettiness, pushing forward to get out of this."
The arrival of more doses
On next year's vaccination, this Saturday the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Roberto Salvarezza, also gave details.
"300 thousand doses have arrived and the plan is 20 million doses that would be distributed between January and February. In March you have 22 million from Oxford that AstraZeneca produces in Garín and it will be approved on December 29 in the United Kingdom and in January in the United States. United".
And he assured: "There are doses for 22 million people and we must take into account that there is also the Covax vaccine, which is 9 million doses," the minister listed in dialogue with "Let's say everything" on
CNN Radio
.
With information from the Télam Agency.
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