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Carla Vizzotti affirms that 860 thousand doses of AstraZeneca will arrive for second doses

2021-05-07T16:46:58.701Z


It will be from May 21 through the Covax mechanism. He said that those who received an application will complete the scheme, although there is no date for the arrival of doses of Sputnik V.


05/06/2021 9:27 AM

  • Clarín.com

  • Society

Updated 05/06/2021 10:34

The Minister of Health, Carla Vizzotti, assured this Thursday that all the people who received a dose of the coronavirus vaccine will complete the scheme and announced that as of May 21,

861,600 doses of AstraZeneca will arrive

through the Covax mechanism.

In any case, during a press conference held at the Casa Rosada, the minister could not confirm when doses will arrive with the second component of Sputnik V, one of the most applied in the country.

"

All the people will complete their vaccination

schedule. The two million Sinopharm have already been received and from Covax they informed us that on May 19 they will be released, so that they can start working with international logistics operations, 861600 of AstraZeneca so that they can enter the country as of May 21. This will ensure the

completion of the scheme for those who have already started it,

"said the minister.

Through the same mechanism, Covax reached the country 864 thousand doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine last April.

On that occasion they arrived from Amsterdam, Holland, on a KLM flight.

Last month 864,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine arrived in the country through the Covax mechanism.

Photo: AFP

Consulted Vizzotti about the arrival of more Sputnik V vaccines to complete the schedules of those who have already received the first doses, he specified that depending on the date of entry of the first components, the Russian Federation is informed of the doses that are needed, but

avoided putting deadlines on a new shipment from Moscow.

Vizzotti's reference on the doses that will arrive in the country occurs almost at the same time that Russia approved the use of half the Sputnik V vaccine to combat the coronavirus, under the label of “

Sputnik Light

”.

Before confirming the arrival of new doses, the official had pointed out that, with the updated data of the last hours, 62% of people between 60 and 69 years old "have started the vaccination scheme", while they also did 81% of people who are between 70 and 79 years old and 84% of those who are over 80 years old.

They also asked Vizzotti about the delay in the arrival of AstraZeneca vaccines, whose active ingredient is made in the country and which are then packaged in Mexico.

The minister said that she hopes that "the contracts are fulfilled as quickly as possible" and that "no legal action is necessary because it is not in bad faith."

There were also references to the possible local production of the vaccines.

The official said that the United Kingdom has already been told "the interest in working from State to State" and the objective of "being part of the packaging chain."

The Minister of Health, Carla Vizzotti, the presidential advisor, Cecilia Nicolini and the president of Laboratorios Richmond, Marcelo Figueiras.

Along the same lines, he mentioned the possible production of the Sputnik V vaccine, noting that they await the results of the analyzes carried out by Russia on the doses that the Richmond laboratory has already sent to that country. 

"Our objective is not to initiate criminal lawsuits but to receive the vaccines," he insisted.

Vizzotti was summoned to testify as a witness by the prosecutor Guillermo Marijuán, in the framework of the case in which irregularities are being investigated in the contract that the Government signed with AstraZeneca.

The head of the health portfolio told the press conference that Marijuán sent her the questions and that she will answer them and send a letter: "I have received the questions from the prosecutor and we are beginning to work to answer them in a timely manner and be available of Justice ", it indicated.

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Look also

In the absence of second doses, Russia authorized the Sputnik light vaccine

Negotiations with China to produce the Sinopharm vaccine in Argentina

Source: clarin

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