03/01/2021 15:06
Clarín.com
Society
Updated 03/01/2021 15:06
This Monday night the Aerolineas Argentinas flight will arrive in Argentina to complete the new batch of
Sputnik V vaccines
against the coronavirus.
From the flag carrier they confirmed to
Clarín
that the plane will land around 8 p.m., a similar time to that of the first flight that arrived on Sunday with
517 thousand doses
.
The Airbus 330-200, registration LV-FVI, departed this morning at 3.03 (Argentine time, 9.03 in Russia), from Sheremetyevo airport, once the cargo stowage process was completed, with 20 people on board, 10 crew members. , between pilots and co-pilots, who will alternate at the command of the ship, to which are added 3 stewardesses, 4 mechanics, a person in charge of the ramp, one of cargo and one of dispatch, according to Télam.
This will complete
the largest shipment
that Russia has delivered to the country since the start of the pandemic.
Official sources had indicated to
Clarín
that between the two flights there will be
1.2 million doses
.
In a tweet published late on Sunday, the Ministry of Health spoke of "around a million."
This operation is the fifth carried out by the Government in Russia, after those carried out on 12 this month (400 thousand doses), on December 24 (300 thousand), on January 16 (300 thousand) and on January 28 ( 220 thousand).
Thus, with the two flights of this new cargo, Argentina will have received about 2,400,000 doses of Sputnik V, just over
12%
of the 20 million planned between January and February in the vaccination plan that the Government had disseminated to end of January.
From the portfolio now directed by Carla Vizzotti, it was reported that the new batch of vaccines will be used
to vaccinate health personnel and those over 70 years of age
.
Meanwhile, it was indicated that "with the million doses received from Sinopharm, according to the criteria of each province, the vaccination of initial, special, and 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade teachers will begin."
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