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An advisor to Alberto Fernández attributed the vip vaccination scandal to the lack of vaccines: 'It would have gone unnoticed'

2021-02-23T12:37:16.387Z


It is about the infectologist Eduardo López. He pointed to the non-compliance of the Russian laboratory.


02/23/2021 9:23 AM

  • Clarín.com

  • Politics

Updated 02/23/2021 9:23 AM

An advisor to the commission of experts that has been advising the national government since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic minimized the VIP vaccination scandal and attributed it to the lack of vaccines. 

"I'm going to be honest

, if we had the amount of vaccines that we had been promised

, this unfortunate and very reprehensible episode

would have gone unnoticed

," said infectologist Eduardo López in dialogue with radio La Red.

In addition, he revealed that "

for almost two months we have not had

online

meetings

by zoom" with officials of the Executive and said that the "operational" issue of vaccines

"is a logistical issue"

of the Ministry of Health and the National Commission of Immunizations.

The head of the Clinical division of the Children's Hospital Ricardo Gutiérrez said that the first dose of the vaccine was applied and that two doctors died from Covid-19 at his institution and remarked that the scandal, which led to the resignation of Ginés González García, along with a cataract of complaints in Justice, "it

is a reprehensible, sad and unfortunate fact

that does not give a good image to society."


President Alberto Fernández during a meeting with the Vaccination Committee, at the end of 2020. PHOTO: PRESIDENCY

In this context, López pointed to the laboratory that produces Sputnik V. "

The problem beyond this episode is that we do not have vaccines

. There was a negotiation, there was a breach on the part of the laboratory where we have more hopes, which guaranteed 20 million of doses,

the Russian laboratory

, that they have a very good vaccine, but

have recognized that they cannot respond in time and in form

with our need, "added López.

On Monday, the Government decided to release a first list with the names of those vaccinated at the Posadas Hospital, which included Eduardo Duhalde, Ambassador Daniel Scioli, Jorge "Topo" Devoto, among others.

However, the brand new head of the portfolio, Carla Vizzotti, assured that the "vast majority" of the 70 beneficiaries of the vaccine released by the Government this Monday are "strategic personnel."

On Monday night, the Police raided the Ministry of Health, within the framework of the complaint for the VIP vaccination.

Photo: Enrique García Medina

"

Health personnel have not yet been vaccinated

, who in principle was going to be the first to vaccinate. I have no problem starting to vaccinate people over 80 or 70, but I do say that we have to end the 800,000 health workers, but who cares for those who get sick, "López complained and explained that with the two doses of the vaccine applied

" there are no more than 50% of the health personnel "

and with one dose" around 70%. "

The commission of experts was the one that in March recommended President Alberto Fernández to go to a mandatory quarantine to contain the cases of coronavirus at the beginning of the pandemic in our country.

JPE

Look also

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Source: clarin

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