07/17/2021 5:26 PM
Clarín.com
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Updated 7/17/2021 5:26 PM
While the vaccination plan against the coronavirus advances, there is still a question about what will happen to those under 18 with disabilities,
an age group that has not yet received any doses.
For that reason, mothers and fathers grouped in the NGO "Vacuname Chicos en Riesgo" demanded throughout the country that the entry of vaccines produced by Pfizer,
the only one authorized for them,
be approved
.
So far, the Government assured that it is waiting for the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to approve the application in minors of the Moderna laboratory vaccine, after a donation of
3.5 million euros
arrived in the country.
dose
by the US Government
The march in Chivilcoy, province of Buenos Aires.
While the arrival of
Pfizer
is still unknown, hundreds of people marched this Saturday in squares and monuments of different cities, from Río Negro to Salta, to ask for the purchase of the vaccines made by the American laboratory.
"The idea of the mobilization came as a result of the
lack of answers
to the claims that we started virtually. As it was not enough, we decided to go out into the street to make the claim visible, with all the risks that this implies," said Ignacio Moore, one of the parents who participated in the demonstration in Plaza de Mayo.
There they explained that the request for the Pfizer vaccine "is not capricious" and
does not respond to any political
, ideological or economic interest.
"This is simply the only vaccine that has been tested in minors and that is approved for application by the main organisms in the world," they pointed out.
Balloons and banners in Mendoza.
"Our children
are being sidelined in any vaccination plan and strategy
due to their condition and age range, and we need this to be reversed so that our children can enjoy their right to health and equal treatment. They cannot continue to wait. Once again, our children
are the great forgotten of our country
", explained Carolina Di Martino, other of the mothers who complain about their daughter.
And he added: "Today we have them
locked up in our houses, prisoners
, unable to leave and unable to have the life they deserve. Neither more nor less. The life they deserve."
To symbolize the difficult situation that the boys go through, empty wheelchairs were seen at the demonstration.
The claim in Villa Mercedes, San Luis.
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