09/15/2021 9:30
Clarín.com
Society
Updated 09/15/2021 9:54 AM
A shipment with another
160,290 doses
of coronavirus vaccines from the contract signed by the national government with the
Pfizer
laboratory
for a total of 20 million doses for this year will arrive this noon at the Ezeiza international airport, on American Airlines flight AA991.
As officially reported, the batch is added to the 100,620 doses received at the beginning of this month, which have already been distributed to all Argentine provinces.
Meanwhile, the flights that transport these sera, from the United States, will continue to arrive until reaching the 580,000 planned for this month, while during October, November and December the shipments of the remaining almost 19.5 million contemplated in the contract signed in August.
As indicated by the Presidency in a statement, the vaccines produced by the Pfizer laboratory that enter the country in September
will be destined for adolescents.
Until now, Argentina "has 60,217,440 vaccines, of which 17,180,320 are from Sputnik V: 10,955,280 for component 1 (of which 1,179,625 were produced by Richmond) and 6,225,040 for component 2 (1,765 .875 developed by the Argentine laboratory) ".
From the AstraZeneca firm, the country received 16,124,500 vaccines among the 580,000 from Covishield, the 1,944,000 received by the Covax mechanism, 12,389,500 provided directly by the laboratory, 400,000 donated by Spain and 811,000 by Mexico.
Meanwhile, it received 22,912,000 from the Sinopharm laboratory, 3,500,000 from Moderna donated by the United States, 400,000 from Cansino and the 100,620 that have already arrived from Pfizer.
The risk of a "wide spread" of the Delta variant
Infectologists
Eduardo Lopez
warned Wednesday about the "problems" that could lead to
a "widespread dissemination" of the Delta variant of coronavirus.
"If the
Delta
variant
goes from the current state, which is a non-predominant community circulation, to a
wide dissemination, we will be in trouble
," López explained in statements to radio
La Red.
In this context, he reiterated that "the Delta variant entered the country, but not with massive circulation," and added: "There is a flattening of cases with a downward trend worldwide."
"Argentina at this time has a low
number of cases
," analyzed the infectologist, and stated that it is "
essential that people comply with the quarantine days
" when returning from a trip abroad.
"The rapid method that we do in Ezeiza in the asymptomatic patient is not 100% positive, it has a lower sensitivity than CRP. With which, individuals who are infected can go unnoticed, that is why it is key that people comply yes or yes the 10 days post-trip quarantine, "he argued.
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