Government sources said that 10 million additional doses will be delivered to Argentina as aid.Gonzales Garcia, Minister of Health Care, said that the Argentine government has not yet signed an agreement to purchase the Russian Corona virus vaccine Sputnik V But she intends to do so and hopes to get a load of drugs in December..
Garcia added that the trade agreement has not yet been finalized, adding that Argentina initially plans to purchase a vaccine Sputnik V In the quantities required to immunize 12.5 million people, adding that Argentina hopes to “start vaccination as soon as possible” without indicating the temporary timeframe.
The government said in a press release that the vaccine, known as Sputnik V It is given in two doses and may start to arrive early next month.
For his part, Kirill Dmitriev, CEO of the Russian Investment Fund, confirmed that the investment fund RDIF It intends to start providing the Russian Corona virus vaccine to Argentina and Peru, and the Argentine Health Care Ministry expects to receive the Sputnik vaccine Sputnik V In December, Dmitriev said, a vaccine would be produced Sputnik V For Argentina by investment fund partners RDIF “In India, Korea, China, and a number of other countries that are working to produce the Russian vaccine.”.
Supports the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) Sputnik vaccine development and distribution Sputnik V The Russian news agency TASS stated that the talks were with the Russian Direct Investment Fund RDIF ongoing .
The government said officials including the Argentine Deputy Health Minister had traveled to Russia to review vaccine development.
Despite the strict lockdown imposed by the Argentine government to limit the spread of the virus since mid-March, cases of Coronavirus are still on the rise, and the South American country exceeded one million infections last month and more than 30,000 deaths.
However, the Argentine government has made at least 19 clinical trials of Coronavirus vaccines COVID-19 According to Health Ministry data, Pfizer Inc.Pfizer And Johnson & Johnson Johnson & Johnson Among the companies conducting experiments in Argentina.
In August, Argentina also agreed to jointly produce with Mexico and Britain’s second largest pharmaceutical company, AstraZeneca. AstraZeneca It is a potential vaccine against the virus under development at the University of Oxford.
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