10/27/2020 12:07 PM
Clarín.com
Society
Updated 10/27/2020 12:07
There is caution in the National Government regarding the vaccination plan.
Of course, until the coronavirus vaccine is ready, it is decided not to risk specific dates, much less planning.
"These are not times to generate false expectations or play with social humor, but
it is not unreasonable to think that we could have news
before the end of the year," estimates a source close to the Casa Rosada.
The Buenos Aires Vice Minister of Health had also put that date on an optimistic horizon.
What would the "not preposterous" be? Query
Clarín
.
"That, which is not a utopia, that there could be something new, because it is negotiating with five laboratories and
three of them are already in the last phase of tests
."
AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Sinopharm, Janssen and Sputnik are the companies that are doomed to the emergence of the long-awaited vaccine.
"A
whole country is waiting for it, not only the economy ...
People are anxious, it is perceived and the Government, too."
Three of the five trials are being carried out in Argentina "which is
an advantage
because it allows a closer follow-up, but
the first vaccine
that is scientifically guaranteed
is going to begin to be applied
, it is not going to be vaccinated with anything
.
That of Astra Zeneca has the advantage of the price, 4 dollars per dose, a value that made noise in the market although it also marked the field. "That same idea was transmitted this Thursday by Alberto Fernández in statements to radio Metro: he said that he is" interested in the first vaccine that can be given "is applied in the country.
It is emphasized in the order of priority, "which will always be scientific, always," they emphasize from the Government.
And when they are available it will be seen "when it will be possible to vaccinate, how many doses and how much it will cost."
And they slip a phrase indicated by the Minister of Health: "About the end of the year and the beginning of 2021, I think we will start vaccinating. We want vaccination to be
very massive and free,
and to be available as soon as possible."
The "very massive" thing allows the source to slide that "between mid-December and mid-March
13,500,000 vaccines, all this being optimistic
. But it is not a utopia, I insist ... It is a number that will go from lowest to highest , but
in March it will be en masse,
although we think that in December we could have a start. It would be a great goal, social pressure is perceived. Imagine how much the presence of the vaccine in society would help to rebuild activities. "
Will it be a Christmas in which toasting will be given to the welcome arrival of the vaccine or to the urgency of its arrival as soon as possible?
"Hopefully the first, but we must not generate false expectations, we depend on the laboratories that are with that sole objective. But if we have it in December,
the initial priority will be health personnel and risk groups
."
The logistics will have to be well designed "to avoid collapse."
In line with the National Government, from the Province of Buenos Aires, the Vice Minister of Health, Nicolás Kreplak, had said on Monday that "we are working hard so that we have the vaccine at the end of the year, the beginning of next year and we start a massive campaign , a logistics that
we are
already
preparing to vaccinate millions of people in a few months
and achieve what is called herd immunity ".
It will not be a minor issue to oil the gear, that is why Kreplak affirmed, in dialogue with FM Futurock, that "we are training vaccinators, preparing all the elements to carry out the vaccination and making the organizational logics that are very complicated, because
we want them to the day we have the vaccine, let's start as soon as possible
. "
Vaccination period?
"It could take between three and six months and it will not be a door-to-door vaccination."
From the Government of the City prudence prevails.
"Giving guarantees today of which vaccine will be better than another is impossible, because
there are no scientific results
.
But we will be able to answer it shortly ... With great prudence, manufacturers have started to industrially manufacture vaccines despite still not having the results, "said Health Minister Fernán Quirós, at a press conference.
"The advantage of that decision is that when the results are in we will have a faster manufacturing and then we will have more vaccine scale to start.
If they all had a good result, they will be available to some extent in March, April, May
in the City or in Argentina. Then, we will begin the vaccination of all the citizens of the risk groups that the Ministry of Health of the Nation has available, "said Quirós.
What would the logistics be like?
"The City has 58 vaccinations in different health centers. Surely once the vaccine will be defined and the priority groups, the campaigns will be carried out as was done with the flu," concluded the minister.
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