02/20/2021 15:04
Clarín.com
Politics
Updated 02/20/2021 3:26 PM
The request for the resignation of President Alberto Fernández to the now former Minister of Health Ginés González García after learning that he had set up a VIP vaccination against the coronavirus at the headquarters of the health portfolio reached the main world media.
The Washington Post
, from the United States, the British
The Guardian
, and
El Mundo
, from Spain, among other emblematic media, echoed the political scandal that broke out after the revelation by journalist Horacio Verbitsky that he had received the vaccine thanks to an administration of González García.
"The Minister of Health of Argentina resigned after
reports of VIP access to vaccines
", The Guardian headlined, illustrating with an image of the now former official with a mask in the middle of an act.
In the text, he points out that the president asked him to resign "after complaints were made in the media that at least 10 people received vaccines
without following the proper procedure
, including a veteran journalist."
The US media The Washington Post reflected the political scandal unleashed in the country by the VIP vaccination.
For its part, The Washington Post highlighted that "the Minister of Health of Argentina resigns amid
a vaccine scandal
", adding that "mayors, legislators, activists and people close to political power who have received the vaccine against Covid- 19 despite not being included in the priority groups made up of doctors, health personnel and older adults authorized to receive the vaccine ".
In Spain, El Mundo highlighted the "political scandal in Argentina" and highlighted that Alberto Fernández
fired
González García "
after a VIP vaccination was discovered in the ministry
.
"
The title of The Guardian that reflects the departure of Ginés González García.
Also in Spain, El País headlined that "a vaccine scandal for influential figures costs the Argentine Minister of Health his job."
In the body of the note, they warn that Verbitsky's confession unleashed "a wave of repudiation that has forced the resignation of González García."
El País argued that "a wave of repudiation" when the existence of a VIP vaccination program ended with the departure of González García.
The BBC focused on the fact that "the health minister resigns after learning about the irregular vaccination of officials and other personalities."
In the text it states that "the discretionary administration of vaccines against covid-19 has once again caused controversy in Latin America," in reference to the political scandal also unleashed in Peru.
The title of Le Figaro that reflects the political scandal over the VIP vaccination
El Universal, from Mexico, specified that the head of the health portfolio had to resign "after being involved this Friday in a scandal over discretionary handling of vaccines against coronavirus."
In France, the renowned Le Figaro titled "scandal in Argentina: the Minister of Health vaccinated his friends in the ministry."
The forced departure of Ginés González García was the response of President Alberto Fernández after Verbitsky's confession that sparked the scandal.
In place of the now former official, Carla Vizzotti, who until now had served as Secretary of Access to Health, was made official this Saturday.
Look also
VIP vaccines: mischief, miseries exposed and what Alberto Fernández thinks after having fired Ginés González García
Estela de Carlotto said that she was also vaccinated, after a call from the province of Buenos Aires
