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Vaccinations for people over 70: after the lines and complaints, it is not yet known when they will be able to register

2021-03-10T15:34:24.070Z


They are the next group at +80. It is not yet known when the shifts will be awarded, which depend on the end of the current stage and the arrival of more vaccines.


Sebastian Clemente

03/10/2021 12:15

  • Clarín.com

  • Cities

Updated 03/10/2021 12:15

The

queues, complaints and disorder

on Tuesday in vaccinating the

over 80s

in the City seems to have been left behind.

This Wednesday, the Buenos Aires government increased the number of places, put chairs on the sidewalks for those who have to wait and streamlined the procedures.

But Tuesday's images go beyond the conjuncture of a day of mistakes: they show that

the vaccination plan is progressing slowly

, in the City and in the rest of the country, and that the majority of those who are over 60 years old, They are the ones who have the highest risk of losing their lives if they get the coronavirus,

they are not sure when they will receive the doses.

Not even a probable date.

The progress of the plan

depends on the arrival of more vaccines

.

And that is what is not clear.

The last shipments of Sputnik V arrived more than ten days ago.

According to official information, more doses should arrive before the end of March.

And also the Oxford-Astrazeneca vaccine.

But there is no official confirmation.

And not much else is known about other shipments.

So the question of

when the City's over 70s will start vaccinating is unanswered.

According to official data, 52,603 ​​people over 80 had been vaccinated in the City as of Tuesday. Most with Covishield.

On the same day, a new stage began in the operation aimed at completing the immunization of the

more than 150,000

+80 who live in the Federal Capital.

It is about

23,500 vaccines (most of it Sputnik V) 

that the Buenos Aires government proposed to apply before Friday at Luna Park, La Rural and the headquarters of the San Lorenzo club on Avenida La Plata. 

After the disorganization of the beginning, this Tuesday everything changed and

the shifts were reassigned in five more venues

.

Thus, 1,464 vaccines are applied in La Rural, 1,320 in Luna Park, 896 in San Lorenzo, 288 in Boca, 504 in the Italian Club, 360 in Ferro, 648 in the Islamic Center and 504 in Oscoema.

Vaccination for people over 80 in San Lorenzo, another of the centers that was overwhelmed on Tuesday and that showed a woman image this Wednesday.

Photo: Maxi Failla

This week they hope to complete the

61,087

vaccinated +80.

And the next step will be to advance over the

64,821

who are registered so far and are waiting for an email or a phone call to find out where they should go to get vaccinated

According to the Buenos Aires plan, which follows the national stages, the next in line are

 those over 70, who are about 250,000. 

To take turns they must

wait for the vaccination of the +80s to be completed

, but judging by the number of vaccines that the City has, if no new batches arrive, they will not be able to finish the stage with those available so far.

In stage 3 there are

those over 60, which are 275,000.

So, it is necessary for the City to vaccinate at least the

64,821 over 80 who are registered 

(those who did not do so can register on the vaccination page of the Buenos Aires Government). This will happen when more vaccines are received.

The closest thing to a certainty in this regard is a promised Oxford-Astrazeneca arrival in

late March or early April

.

But it is necessary to see if what the national government allocates to the City is enough to complete the stage.

If so, only between the middle of April and May there may be news for those over 70. Although it could also be later.

And on that date

the fall will already be late.

For the older adults of the City there is another factor that

increases anxiety and uncertainty.

It consists in that in the Province of Buenos Aires, for example, the first stage

includes all those who are over 60.

So, there are differences on both sides of General Paz.

To correct the overflows on Tuesday, the Buenos Aires government added the Boca club as a place to advance with the immunization of those over 80 years old.

Photo: Guillermo Rodríguez Adami

In the Capital, unless they are Health personnel, there are no more than 70 vaccinated.

And in Province yes.

Although it also happens that people of 65 or 70 have already received their first dose, and others of 78 or 85 are still waiting after registering at least 25 days ago. 

In the City they explain that the strategy of starting the stage was prioritized

by the highest risk group, the +80

.

And those who live in nursing homes were included.

At the same time, they insist on a claim made by Health Minister Fernán Quirós last week about the way in which the doses are distributed.

The City maintains that it should receive vaccines

based on the number of people in risk groups

and not the number of inhabitants, as is now being distributed.

The official affirms that the Capital has 19% of the country's health personnel and 9.5% of the elderly. 

In the Province of Buenos Aires, meanwhile, they assure that the differences in the vaccination plan are explained because "there are more than 90 districts that have already finished vaccinating health personnel and cannot wait for the rest of the districts to finish. Our province

it is as if there were six cities in Buenos Aires,

with very different population densities. "

For this reason, and due to the fact that in the first stage, in addition to health personnel and the elderly, people over 60 and people between 18 and 59 years old with comorbidities were included, the distribution of vaccinated is different from that of the City.

The Province also has a web page with information on shifts and registration to the plan, which it called "Vacunate."

On one side and the other, the progress in the stages depends on the arrival of vaccines.

So far, according to official information, the country has received about

4 million doses.

According to what appears on the public monitor, 2,975,410 were distributed.

But it is not yet clear when the next shipments will be received or how many vaccines they will have. 

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Source: clarin

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