The government announced an agreement for 24 million Sinopharm vaccines, to be delivered between July and September.
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Argentina this week reached the figure of 25 million vaccines received since the immunization plan against the coronavirus began at the end of December, in a context in which the inoculation of the population is accelerating andNew flights to Russia are expected to bring components 1 and 2 of Sputnik V to complete the two-dose schedules.
Meanwhile, the Government announced this Friday an agreement for the acquisition of 24 million vaccines of Chinese origin produced by the company Sinopharm, which will be delivered between July and September.
The announcement was made during a press conference given by Health Minister Carla Vizzotti, who reported that Sinopharm vaccines will arrive in shipments at a rate of eight million doses per month between July, August and September.
During this week, a record was produced with the arrival of 4,350,000 doses of vaccines between AstraZeneca and Sinopharm, of which 4,200,000 were distributed to the 24 federal jurisdictions of the country.
“Every time a significant number of doses arrive, the distribution system is put to the test and the teams continue to respond,” said Vizzotti and stressed that it is the “largest vaccination process” in the history of the country that, next Tuesday, will have 24,921,000 doses distributed.
Vizzotti assures that “there is a relief “due to the decline observed in positive cases of coronavirus in urban agglomerates, although I asked “to minimize trips abroad“of the Argentines to reduce the risks of contagion.
Regarding the possibility of combining different brands of vaccines for the first and second doses, the official replied that “the world is thinking of exchanging different platforms, that is a possibility, and the scientific evidence to make this decision is being evaluated. “
Just this week, a distribution record was reached in Argentina, with just over 4,000,000 doses distributed throughout the national territory.
Of the total number of vaccines received, 9,415,745 correspond to the Sputnik vaccine, (7,875,585 for component 1 and 1,540,160 for component 2); 6,000,000 to Sinopharm; 580,000 to AstraZeneca Covishield; 1,944,000 to AstraZeneca through the Covax mechanism and 7,057,900 to AstraZeneca Oxford, produced jointly between Argentina and Mexico.
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This coming, the distribution of 1,232,000 doses of the Chinese Sinopharm began, which will reach the respective jurisdictions between tomorrow and Saturday.
Official sources announced, on the other hand, that next week, the complementary dose of the immunizer of Russian origin will begin to be manufactured in the country, as reported
Presidential Advisor Cecilia Nicolini He ratified that, within the framework of the national coronavirus vaccination plan, “all vaccination schedules will be completed” and stated that “a single dose is enough to protect the person very well and reduce the serious course of the disease. “.
“From the first day it was confirmed that all vaccination schedules will be completed”, the presidential advisor explained to El Uncover Radio and assured that the government decision is for the population to receive the two doses to complete the inoculation scheme.
This week, there was a record 4,350,000 doses of vaccines between AstraZeneca and Sinopharm.
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As the vaccination plan progresses, The Government extended until July 9 the restriction measures throughout the country, the continuity of the closure of borders to tourism, and established a quota of 600 people to return to the national territory.
“We want to delay as much as possible the entry of new variants of the coronavirus, especially the Delta, while advancing with great speed in the vaccination,” Chief of Staff Santiago Cafiero said today in statements to CNN Radio.
Cafiero and the national director of Migrations, Florencia Carignano, agreed on the importance of “delaying” the advance of the strain that causes great concern in the United States and European countries, and is presented as “more aggressive” while accelerating in the country. the vaccination process with the arrival of more doses and new agreements.
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