The Minister of Health, Carla Vizzotti and the chancellor Santiago Cafiero they will offer this Monday a Press conference to give details about the donation of more than 1 million doses of AstraZeneca covid-19 vaccines to be carried out by Argentina to Vietnam, the Republic of Mozambique, and the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS).
These donations were managed jointly between the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as a result of the offer that Argentina initiated “by ensuring the stock of doses necessary to complete the distribution of vaccines for the entire target population, and guided by the principles of solidarity and fraternity, “they said in a statement.
The press conference will take place from 11:30 am at Ezeiza Airport.
The donated vaccines will be distributed as follows: Vietnam will receive 500,000 dose and Republic of Mozambique, 450,000. Meanwhile, in the next few days the OECS will receive 18,000 for Saint Lucia; 11,000 for Granada; 11,000 for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; and 2,000 for Dominica.
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In addition, the Ministry of Health indicated that Argentina is in talks with other nations such as Barbados, Nicaragua, Angola, Kenya and the Philippines, who have already expressed “interest in receiving donations of vaccines and showed their gratitude to our country”.
In this framework, Commission White Helmets, chaired by Sabina Frederic and dependent on the Chancellery, initiated the assistance negotiations and solidarity exchange of covid-19 management experiences so that, as it has been doing at a global level, Argentina responds positively and proactively to the international needs caused by the pandemic.
They remembered that Argentina received donations that exceeded 7 million doses and that allowed to accelerate the application of doses to offer complete protection to most of the population.
In that sense, by having the stock of vaccines necessary for its population, “our country is in a position to promote equitable and timely access to vaccines designed to generate acquired immunity against Covid-19 ”.
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