03/05/2021 19:00
Clarín.com
Society
Updated 03/05/2021 19:08
The Ministry of Health of the Nation reported this Friday
another 140 deaths and 7,891 new cases
of coronavirus throughout the country.
Thus, Argentina already has 52,784 fatalities and 2,141,854 infections, one year after detecting the first positive in the national territory.
With infections in all jurisdictions, the province of Buenos Aires registered the highest number, with 3,494 positives, followed by the City of Buenos Aires (863), Córdoba (728) and Santa Fe (527).
Then they were located Tucumán (227), Neuquén (182), Salta (173), Chaco (172), Mendoza (161), Río Negro (157), Corrientes (155), Santa Cruz (150), Entre Ríos (120) , Catamarca (117), La Pampa (110), Misiones (110) and Chubut (108).
Santiago del Estero (91), Jujuy (80), San Juan (62), Tierra del Fuego (48), Formosa (28), La Rioja (23) and San Luis (5) completed the part.
Meanwhile, a study carried out by researchers from Conicet and the Ministry of Health of the province of Buenos Aires, with health workers who were immunized with the
Sputnik V vaccine,
determined that 100% of the volunteers developed specific antibodies against the coronavirus after receiving the full two-dose schedule.
He suggested, in this sense, that those who were previously infected can achieve a high immune response only with the first one.
The research revealed that the average amount of antibodies in previously infected people who received a single dose of the vaccine is eight times higher than that of volunteers without previous infection who received the two-dose vaccination schedule.
After the report was released, the Ministry of Health clarified that it is
not evaluating giving a single dose
of the Sputnik V vaccine to people who had Covid-19, according to official sources.
For its part, the National University of La Plata (UNLP) announced that it is working with a group of researchers in the development of a vaccine against the coronavirus based on the use of viral proteins to induce the generation of antibodies, spokespersons reported today from the house of higher studies.
Meanwhile, according to a survey by several public opinion consultants, the predisposition of the population to apply the coronavirus vaccine increased in the last measurement in February and the number of respondents who believe that it is "unlikely or not at all likely decreased." "Get vaccinated.
