05/24/2021 6:41 PM
Clarín.com
Society
Updated 05/24/2021 6:59 PM
Monday afternoon arrived in the country a batch of
843,600 vaccines
from
AstraZeneca
against coronavirus coming from the
United States, and another
609,965 Sputnik V
from Russia.
Latam Cargo flight UC1101 that brought the first shipment from Miami landed at 6:40 p.m.
This is the first batch of vaccines whose active principle was produced in Argentina and which
took longer than expected to be finished
.
AstraZeneca produces the active principle of its drug against Covid-19 in the Grupo Insud laboratory in the province of Buenos Aires and sends them for "formulation" to Mexico, from where they are later distributed.
19 minutes before, while, the plane arrived Argentine Airlines brought another batch of Russian vaccine consisting entirely of doses of component 1 of
Sputnik V
.
This Monday almost 1.5 million vaccines from AstraZeneca and Sputnik V arrive in the country. Photo: Presidency
With this million and a half new doses, Argentina reaches a total of
14,355,710
.
Now it will seek to accelerate the so far slow immunization plan against the coronavirus.
These were added to the 204,000 doses of Astrazeneca that landed in Ezeiza on Sunday through the Covax mechanism coordinated by the World Health Organization (WHO).
On Sunday 204,000 doses of AstraZeneca arrived through the Covax mechanism.
Photo: AFP
More Sputnik V
"It is good news that at the most difficult moment of this pandemic, flights continue to arrive because they translate into more protected people. The way out of this situation is to continue taking extreme care and continue with the vaccination plan," said
Pablo Ceriani
, head of the flag carrier.
The vaccines produced by the Gamaleya Institute are transported in
"thermobox"
type containers
at a temperature of 18 degrees below zero and with an additional refrigeration load.
The flight is commanded by 10 crew members, including commanders and co-pilots, who are joined by technical, maintenance and cabin personnel, for a total of 20 people on board.
Aerolineas Argentinas has carried out, with this one,
16 flights to the Russian Federation
and in the previous 15 a total of 7,033,290 doses were transferred.
It also made five flights to Beijing, China, which allowed 3,659,200 Sinopharm vaccines to arrive in the country.
This morning, meanwhile, another plane of the flag carrier is scheduled to take off, to seek an embargo of approximately half a million doses.
According to data from the Public Vaccination Monitor, the online registry that shows in real time the immunization operation throughout the Argentine territory, until this morning 12,612,752 vaccines were distributed, of which 11,149,468 have already been applied: 8,735 .231 people received the first dose and
only 2,414,237 both
.
Record in Argentina
Vaccination at La Rural for people over 65 years of age, in the city of Buenos Aires.
Photo Juano Tesone.
During the last week, the record of
1,146,638 vaccinations applied
throughout the country
was reached
.
On Monday, May 17, 190,538 inoculations were carried out, on Tuesday 190,557, on Wednesday 165,596, on Thursday 209,261, on Friday 199,877, Saturday 108,891 and yesterday Sunday 81,918, reported from the national health portfolio.
Since the immunization process began, 12,612,752 vaccines have already been distributed in all jurisdictions, of which 11,149,468 have already been applied: 8,735,231 people received the first dose and 2,414,237 both.
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