Sebastian Clemente
03/03/2021 13:13
Clarín.com
Cities
Updated 03/03/2021 1:15 PM
The Buenos Aires government put into discussion the
vaccine distribution
system
applied by the national Executive.
"It has made a decision to distribute vaccines based on the general population when
the vaccine is applied to risk groups
and, unfortunately, risk groups are not provided to the general population in all jurisdictions," said the Buenos Aires Minister of Health Fernán Quirós this Wednesday morning.
The City had already differentiated itself last week when Nation announced that the Chinese
Sinopharm
vaccine
was going to be applied among teachers.
The ministry that Quirós leads affirmed at that time that on Buenos Aires soil they would continue with the original plan, which stipulates that
teachers are vaccinated in the sixth stage.
A similar decision was made by 14 other jurisdictions.
However, now that he raised the need to "talk" about how to distribute the doses in general, Quirós also said that they will meet with officials from the national Ministry of Education to
discuss progress in the immunization of teachers.
Meanwhile, the Buenos Aires government continues to vaccinate
health personnel and the elderly, included in stages 1 and 2 of the plan.
It started with those over 80.
40,000
appointments
were granted
for the 40,000 doses of the Covishield vaccine (with Oxford-Astrazeneca technology) and another
74,795
were registered
, who are on the waiting list.
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Vaccination centers for older adults
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But the registration for
those over 70
has not yet begun
, a fact that becomes more relevant if one takes into account that, for example in the Province of Buenos Aires, a
general registry
was opened
from which shifts are later granted.
According to the explanation of the Buenos Aires Executive,
the shifts are granted according to the amount of vaccines available
.
And that number is known once the national government grants the corresponding lot.
According to official numbers, the City has
33,000 first doses
of the Sinopharm vaccine that will be used to
complete the immunization of the 150,000 people who work in the health system
.
In addition, according to
sources from the Buenos Aires government
confirmed to
Clarín
, they will receive another 33,000 doses in the future to complete the second application.
Until now, according to the data portal that works from today (www.buenosaires.gob.ar/coronavirus/datos/vacunacion),
115,619 doses
were applied
between the
public health system personnel
between the first and second
.
The province of Buenos Aires has already started vaccinating security forces personnel, as well as older adults and people in risk groups due to previous illnesses.
Photo: Guillermo Rodriguez Adami
In the second stage of the plan are those
over 70
and those who live in geriatric residences.
The +
80s
began to be immunized with the
Covishield
vaccine
.
The City received some 56,000 doses and has already applied 38,666, which allowed it to advance over a large part of the first 40,000 over 80 who took turns and partly from nursing homes.
Although batches of Sputnik vaccines have arrived in recent days, it is still unclear how many will get to the City.
What is known is that in the next few days they will
begin to send notifications to 21,000 people over 80
who are already registered to begin to be vaccinated.
They will apply part of the 1,200,000 doses of Sputnik V that arrived last weekend.
The City would have about 84,000, according to the 7% calculation that the national government has been assigning.
Shifts and registration
According to official figures,
150,000 people over 80 years of age
live in the City
.
40,000 shifts have already been assigned and it will advance with another 21,000 of the more than 70,000 registered.
Once the vaccination is completed among the remaining 89,000, the registration will only open in shifts of
those who have more than 70, which are around 250,000.
In stage 3 there are those over 60
, which are 275,000.
This entire group, plus the 150,000 health workers, and those who complete the seven stages proposed by the Buenos Aires government, are part of the 1,200,000 people who, according to Minister Quirós, must be vaccinated before a possible
second wave
begins
or regrowth, to mitigate its effects.
For now, the registration shifts for those over 60 are closed until finishing with those who have already registered.
According to the sources of the City, they trust that the arrival of new lots will accelerate and achieve a rhythm that increases the provision of doses, beyond Quirós' claim to the national government.
Those over 80 who have not yet done so can register on the vaccination page of the Buenos Aires Government.
The
stipulated
schedule
continues with the personnel of the Armed Forces, Security and the prison service (stage 4);
people between 18 and 59 years old with risk factors (stage 5);
teaching and non-teaching staff at the initial (kindergarten), primary and secondary education levels (stage 6) and other strategic populations defined by the jurisdictions (stage 7).
In Province
The Province of Buenos Aires adopted a
different methodology
from that of the City.
Even the vaccination plan is different.
In this way, in the district governed by Axel Kicillof, it was decided to prioritize those over 60 years of age, those with risky diseases, and health, security and teaching personnel.
A record was opened for them that exceeded 3 million people.
You must enter the province's website, vaccinatepba.gba.gob.ar/# to register.
Once the process is done, you have to
wait for a shift to be assigned.
The speed also depends on the municipality in which each person lives.
And the priorities also take into account
age and risk factors.
According to the national data portal, of the more than
4 million doses that have already arrived in the country
, until the update of this Wednesday morning, 2,231,310 had been distributed and 1,181,292 had been applied.
Of that number, the Province received 856,205 and the City of Buenos Aires 221,225.
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