Argentine President Alberto Fernandez announced that Argentina and Mexico will take over the production of the future vaccine against the Corona virus, which is being developed by the AstraZeneca Laboratory with the University of Oxford, indicating that the two countries will also work to distribute it in Latin American countries, except for Brazil.
The president said during a press conference that “the AstraZeneca laboratory has signed an agreement with the (Carlos) Slim Foundation to produce between 150 and 250 million vaccines for all Latin America except for Brazil.” These vaccines “will be available in the first half of 2021 and will be distributed equitably between countries according to At the request of governments. “
He added, “Latin American production will be undertaken by Argentina and Mexico, and this will allow (the vaccine) to reach all countries of the region in a fast and effective manner.”
The Argentine president noted that the agreement concluded between the AstraZeneca laboratory and the Carlos Slim Foundation, which will finance the production, “provides access to reasonable prices” ranging between 3 and 4 dollars for the vaccine, and “this is very important for Latin America because it allows all our countries” to obtain the vaccine, according to Fernandez. .
The AstraZeneca office in Mexico confirmed in a statement that the production of the vaccine would be “without economic benefit” for the laboratory.
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