04/04/2021 5:03
Clarín.com
Politics
Updated 04/04/2021 10:19
The Minister of Health of the city of Buenos Aires, Fernán Quirós, relativized the doubts generated about the effectiveness of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine, after President Alberto Fernández tested positive for coronavirus, despite having received both doses and being immunized .
"
There is nothing new
(in the medical situation) of the President," Quirós warned, to later express his desire that the president "recover quickly and have a clinical situation that is as bearable as possible."
In statements made on the program La Noche de Mirtha Legrand, hosted by Juana Viale and broadcast by El Trece, the Buenos Aires official remarked that "there is no relationship to be made between a person being vaccinated and having had the disease that has occurred. to change the vaccination strategy ".
"The strategy is appropriate, it avoids serious and fatal disease and that is what we are looking for," said the Minister of Health.
In this context, and based on the case of President Fernández, Quirós pointed out that the national government's strategy aims at "mitigating risk or avoiding harm. For this reason, risk groups are vaccinated and herd immunity or avoidance is not attempted. the wave, "he added.
In this regard, the official remarked that
"what is intended is that people do not have a serious illness and do not require intensive therapy
.
"
Also, Quirós insisted that "in this strategy, the vaccine is to prevent serious or fatal disease, not to avoid getting sick."
It was in this section of his participation that the official specified that
"with all vaccines it is not clear if they still prevent the disease
.
"
President Alberto Fernández announced through his Twitter account that an antigen test was carried out that tested positive for coronavirus and was isolated in Quinta de Olivos as part of the protocol established for these cases.
The president presented a fever, with 37.3 degrees, and a slight headache.
"Although we are awaiting confirmation through the PCR test, I am already isolated, complying with the current protocol and following the instructions of my personal doctor," he transmitted on his social networks.
According to government sources, those who saw him in the last hours, and therefore were isolated, were the Foreign Minister, Felipe Solá, Daniel Filmus, the Secretary General Julio Vitobello, the presidential spokesman Juan Pablo Biondi and the mayor of Hurlingham, Juan Zabaleta .
The dialogue with Horacio Rodríguez Larreta
On Saturday, the President spoke via zoom with the Head of Government of Buenos Aires, Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, to evaluate the evolution of infections in the metropolitan area.
Both shared their concern about the increase in Covid-19 infections and agreed on the need to work together with Governor Axel Kicillof "to coordinate policies and efforts" at the AMBA.
For his part, the Buenos Aires president asked the head of state to speed up vaccination in the city's elderly population, where the highest percentage resides.
"Over the course of the week
we will speak again to establish a coordinated health policy for the AMBA
. I am sure that we face a new challenge that requires us to work together in political diversity, prioritizing the health of Argentines," President Fernández tweeted .
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