The purchase of Sputnik V vaccines by Guatemala from Russia was completed last April for an amount of US $ 160 million (Q614.5 million) in exchange for 16 million doses.
However, the terms of the contract between the two nations were reduced by 50% after Guatemala expressed its discomfort in June over the slow arrival of vaccines to the country.
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Precisely on December 30, the 8 million doses of Sputnik V vaccines established in the contract modified by both countries were completed.
Dropper delivery
In total, 20 shipments or shipments were needed, the first was received last May and June when the first 150,000 doses of said drug arrived, while 810,000 were received in July.
In September and October, 3 million 399 thousand 100 arrived between the first and second doses, while in December there were 3.0 million 017 thousand of the same biological; of them, 1 million 917 thousand are of the second component.
Added to the 123 thousand 900 doses of Sputnik V vaccines of the second component, which were received this Thursday, December 30, make a total of 8 million.
Vaccination
According to records from the Ministry of Health, from February 25 to date, the Government of Guatemala through the Ministry of Health has applied 11 million 195 thousand 184 doses against the virus.
The portfolio details that of the total, 6 million 496 thousand 038 are of the first dose and 4 million 619 thousand 695 of the second. There are also 79 thousand 451 reinforcements throughout the country.
Controversial contract
The State paid Q614.5 million to acquire 16 million doses, but the agreement has been controversial from the start. Surrounded by secrecy by alleged confidentiality terms argued by former Health Minister Amelia Flores, to date the content of the document signed between Guatemala and the Russians is unknown.
It came to light that the purchase of the vaccine was made through an intermediary, which fueled doubts about the negotiation. This led the Executive to publish a statement last July in which he indicated that the contract was signed with the Direct Investment Fund of Russia (RDIF, in English) and the payment was made to the Limited Liability Company Human Vaccine.
Since then, the reception has been partial and dropper, and without the commitment of Human Vaccine to give a schedule of delivery of the doses. Guatemala has been at a disadvantage since the beginning of the negotiation, according to experts on the subject.
The Comptroller General of Accounts began an investigation into the purchase of Sputnik V vaccines in May, at the moment there are no significant advances.
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