One of the flights that brought vaccines. Sinopharm from China.
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Argentina already has almost 55 million vaccines against Covid-19After the shipments that arrived on Tuesday and Wednesday at dawn and at night, a new shipment with more than 500 thousand doses is expected for Friday, which will be added to the inoculation plan carried out by the national government.
This Wednesday, on flight LH8264 of the German company Lufthansa, 1,230,000 Sinopharm vaccines arrived, which are added to the 1,448,000 doses from the same Chinese laboratory, which arrived in the country in the early morning at 2.40, on Qatar Airways flight QR8155.
For Next Friday a third flight is scheduled to arrive with another 570,000 doses of Sinopharm, to complete a total of 3,248,000 serums that Argentina will have received from that firm throughout this week.
While, a new shipment of the AstraZeneca vaccine arrived in Ezeiza on Tuesday, on an Air Canada company flight that landed at 7:53 p.m. under the number AC7251, with 1,654,500 doses in their cellars.
Vaccines received so far
So far, since the start of the coronavirus vaccination campaign, Argentina has received 53,671,120 vaccines, and with those that will arrive this Wednesday, that total will rise to 55,471,120.
Of that total, 15,000,920 son Sputnik V: 10,955,260 of the first component (of which 1,179,625 were produced by Richmond) and 4,045,660 of the second component (702,500 were produced in the Argentine laboratory).
From the company AstraZeneca, the country already has 15,594,200 vaccines Among the 580,000 from Covishield, the 1,944,000 received by the Covax mechanism, 11,859,200 provided directly by the laboratory, 400,000 donated by Spain and 811,000 by Mexico.
While, 19,376,000 are from the Sinopharm laboratory, 200,000 from Cansino, and 3,500,000 of Moderndonated by the USA
Public Vaccination Monitor
According to the Public Vaccination Monitor, Until this Wednesday, 48,148,449 doses were distributed throughout the territory, while 42,792,677 were applied: 28,005,793 people were inoculated with the first dose and 14,786,884 have the complete scheme.
According to official sources, 84.7% of the population over 18 years of age have already started their immunization schedule against the coronavirus, while 61.1% of the total population has at least one dose applied.
On the part of the population with the highest risk of mortality by age range, 91.9% of those over 60 years of age already have a dose, while the statistics of people between 50 and 60 years of age who have a dose is located in 91.6%.
Meanwhile, 92% of people between 55 and 59 years old received the first dose, as did 90.1% of those belonging to the age group between 50 and 54 years old; 87.8% of those between 45 and 49, and 90.4% of the next group between 40 and 44 years old.
Also, 86% of people aged 35 to 39 were immunized with one dose; 81.7% of those between 30 and 34; 75.7% of the age group between 25 and 29 as well as 70.5% of the group between 18 and 24 years old.
Regarding the people who completed their vaccination schedule, the official report shows that it is 80.8% of those over 70 years of age; 77.5% of people aged 60 and over, and 71.2% of people aged 50 and over.
In addition, 45.3% of the population aged 18 or over already have both doses.
45.3% of the population aged 18 or over already have both doses. Photo: Germn Pomar
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On Tuesday, the Minister of Health, Carla Vizzotti, affirmed that the Government’s objective is “to continue in September with the second doses, in October with adolescents and from November to evaluate” if it is in a position to “make a reinforcement in people who they have certain health and immunosuppressed conditions. “
The minister pointed out that, of the total vaccinated population in Argentina, the majority have two doses, and the August target was exceeded, with 70.3% of people aged 50 years and over with a complete schedule of vaccination against Covid- 19.
These numbers are one more “sign” that there has been a “sustained and solid advance in vaccination”Vizzotti said and also remarked that in the country “there is a lot of desire to be vaccinated”, a situation that implies “a lot of commitment from the population” and awareness regarding “the collective impact that this generates, therefore, it is something that we value” .
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