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Vaccine controversy: why the City didn't start enrolling those over 70

2021-03-03T16:46:56.355Z


While the Buenos Aires government asks to discuss the distribution of doses with the Nation, they assure that in the next few days there will be more quotas to advance with those over 80. Once this group ends, it will advance with the +70.


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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Source:

GCBA

Infographic:

Clarín

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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