08/05/2021 9:00
Clarín.com
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Updated 08/05/2021 9:00 AM
The head of the Buenos Aires Government, Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, reported this Thursday morning that the City
will apply doses of Moderna's vaccine
to those who received component 1 of Sputnik V and want to complete the vaccination scheme in this way. .
Those who prefer to wait for component 2 of the Russian formula will be able to do so.
"Starting today, we are going to start contacting each of those who received the first dose [of Sputnik V] and we are going to offer to complete the scheme. Whoever prefers to wait for a second dose of Sputnik can do so. that they accept, we are going to start giving them shifts to get vaccinated with Moderna, which we have in
stock
, starting Friday, "said Rodríguez Larreta.
He said it when giving details of how the combination of vaccines against the coronavirus will be implemented in the City of Buenos Aires.
This Wednesday, the Minister of Health, Carla Vizzotti, announced that Argentina is "in a position to advance in the 24 jurisdictions to exchange different vaccines,
starting with Sputnik V with Moderna and AstraZeneca
", to complete the immunization scheme for those who have not yet received the second dose against the coronavirus.
This was indicated when presenting at the Government House the results of the collaborative study of combination of vaccines against Covid-19.
The study was presented by Vizzotti, accompanied by the Health Ministers of the City, Fernán Quirós, and of the province, Nicolás Kreplak.
At a press conference, the head of the health portfolio specified that people who have been waiting the longest since receiving the first dose and those who are over 50 years old and with comorbidities to receive the first combinations of drugs will be prioritized to receive the second dose. immunizers.
The minister explained that "the combination of vaccines will be optional" for those who have received the first dose of Sputnik V and are awaiting the second, and confirmed that the idea is that "August is the month of the second doses" to complete the schedules. immunization of the entire population.
News in development.
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