08/03/2021 9:16 AM
Clarín.com
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Updated 08/03/2021 9:16 AM
A few hours after the first results of the efficacy trials of the combination of the Sputnik V vaccine with those of AstraZeneca and Sinopharm are known, the Buenos Aires Minister of Health, Nicolás Kreplak, announced on Tuesday that, if the expected efficacy is confirmed, Those who have received the first dose of the Russian formula
may choose to combine vaccines to complete their schedule
or wait for the arrival of doses of component 2 of Sputnik.
"We are finishing the studies, surely today, tonight, the first report will be closed and tomorrow there will be a press conference.
We already know that safety is good
, mixing vaccines has no further complications. Today we will see antibodies. We will now have results. to combine Sputnik with AstraZeneca and Sinopharm, and security to combine Sputnik with Moderna ", Kreplak said in an interview with
El Uncover
.
And he added: "In two more days we will also be able to have Sputnik efficacy studies with Moderna."
According to the official, if the results are as expected, in the next few hours they would begin to summon the people who received a single dose of Sputnik V, in some cases, four months ago.
"We are going to invite people to receive the vaccine with what we have, component 2 or the combinations that have demonstrated safety and efficacy, and
whoever does not want to will be able to wait,
" Kreplak said.
News in development.
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