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Sebastian Clemente
03/17/2021 11:47 AM
Clarín.com
Society
Updated 03/17/2021 12:02 PM
With the stock of vaccines running out, the national government announced on Wednesday a new flight to Russia to bring more doses of Sputnik V. However, it did not officially confirm
how many doses there will be
.
For that, he anticipated, only when the Aerolineas Argentinas plane is in Moscow and, with the cargo loaded, will it be known effectively how much will undertake the trip to Ezeiza.
We will have to wait, at least, until Thursday.
This Wednesday Airlines would report the
flight plan
, but there are 17 hours of travel to Moscow.
So even assuming the aircraft leaves today, you will not know what cargo it will bring.
What has already been confirmed, at least in the city and province of Buenos Aires, is that these doses
will all be used in older adults
.
This was anticipated by
Clarín
from the health portfolios of both jurisdictions.
"If no more vaccines come in, this weekend we will run out of vaccines," said the head of the Buenos Aires government, Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, in television statements this Tuesday night.
Vaccination for those over 80 has advanced since last week, following a scandal on the first day at Luna Park.
Photo: Luciano Thieberger
Along with the last doses that arrived in the country of Sputnik V, at the end of February, a million of the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine arrived in the country, which is not yet authorized to be applied to people over 60 years of age.
For this reason, the vaccination plan had to make a forced reassignment that
ran from the focus to the main population at risk
: the elderly.
So, in recent weeks, the shortage of health personnel, teachers, security forces was pointed out and, in some districts, even those under 60 years of age with pre-existing diseases have already begun to be vaccinated.
But the critical population is still the elderly.
Buenos Aires Government sources affirmed that the Sputnik V vaccines that the Nation allocates to them will be used to advance their immunization.
The first step will be to try to complete the +80 stage.
So far, according to the information released this Wednesday morning by Minister Fernán Quirós, 80,894 have been vaccinated.
But there are another 73 thousand that are signed up waiting for the arrival of new batches with doses.
Although the number of vaccines that will arrive is not confirmed, the Buenos Aires estimate indicates that the City may receive
between 30,000 and 40,000 doses
, based on previous shipments of about 500,000 vaccines and the percentage that, according to the population, They are destined for the Buenos Aires territory.
If this number is confirmed, then, the Sputnik batch would serve to
immunize half of those over 80 who are already registered
.
In the City, the vaccination of teachers began last week and about 15,000 people have already been immunized.
Photo: Maxi Failla
With a distribution scheme by total population and not by population at risk, the Province received more doses and made more progress than the City in this age group.
As
Clarín
reported
this weekend, 15% of Buenos Aires residents over 70 years old registered were vaccinated.
Expanding the universe to those over 60 who signed up on the official site or app (there are 1,883,859 people), 10.7% received the first dose of the vaccine.
As for the Capital, up to now the
Covishield (with Astra-Zeneca technology) and Sputnik V
vaccines have been used for older adults
.
At the same stage, 6,180 first doses were already applied to people residing in
nursing homes.
According to the Buenos Aires plan, which follows the national stages,
the next in line are those over 70,
who are about 250,000.
To take turns they must wait for the vaccination of the +80 to be completed, but judging by the number of vaccines the City has, and that for now the next confirmed arrival is Friday,
the wait will be prolonged
.
In stage 3 there are those over 60, which are 275,000.
According to Buenos Aires sources, with the 25,000 shifts assigned this week,
stage 1 of vaccination
will be
almost complete
, with the first dose, for health personnel.
"There is only one group that has not yet been vaccinated due to leave or vacations," they assured.
And they affirmed that 53,842 people have already received the second component.
Immunization of
teaching and non-teaching staff in educational establishments is
also advancing
.
Until this Wednesday, 14,696 of the 15,958 people who took turns had been vaccinated.
These are directors and teachers and assistants of the initial level and the first grades of primary school.
In order to advance in this stage, the arrival of a batch of
3 million vaccines from the Chinese laboratory Sinopharm is expected,
which were announced by the national government but still do not have a specific date of arrival in Argentina.
This vaccine, which is authorized for use in children under 60 years of age, was used to complete the immunization of medical personnel and to advance with teachers, in full activity one month after returning to school.
The arrival of the Sputnik vaccines will serve the City, and the rest of the jurisdictions of the country, to have a bridge
until the national government confirms the arrival of more doses.
"In the world there are serious problems in production and compliance with contracts. Argentina is no exception," Quirós said this Wednesday morning, referring to the difficulties in obtaining vaccines.
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