In October 2020, Congress approved a law for the purchase of vaccines against Covid-19 and established the responsibilities of companies that sell vaccines to the country. The problem with Pfizer began at this time because it questions the incorporation of the word negligence in the text of the standard.
Crosses in Deputies
The possibility of having that vaccine again generated heated discussions in the Chamber of Deputies when this Thursday legislators of the Front of All and of Together for Change.
The opposition bloc had presented a request to deviate from the regulations to include this issue on the agenda through the vice president of the Health commission, the PRO deputy, Carmen Polledo, and the radical Claudia Najul.
The goal was to get the word removed “negligence” of the exceptions stipulated in the law to the guarantees of patrimonial indemnity of the manufacturing laboratories in case of eventual claims.
But the result was contrary to that expected by the opposition party: 122 votes against and 102 in favor.
Deputy Polledo, Carmen – Session 07-01-2021 – AP.mp4
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Polledo justified the reasons why Juntos por el Cambio voted in favor of this law by remarking: “As we did not participate in negotiations with suppliers, we were unaware that this word was an obstacle to signing contracts with some laboratories. This lasted for months. then with the twists and turns of the government to sign the contract with Pfizer. “
Likewise, he affirmed the need to have the doses of the American laboratory is imperative because “There are around 100,000 boys with risk factors” and he clarified that it is not “a whim or an obsession.”
After which, the head of the Health commission, the deputy of the Frente de Todos por Tucumán, Pablo Yedlinwas in charge of justifying the rejection of the initiative’s treatment: “The issue of children deserves particular consideration. To date, there is only one laboratory that has authorized vaccination for children under 18 years of age, although there are other laboratories such as Sinovac that has already demonstrated its effectiveness in a plan that ranges from 3 to 18 years with absolute safety. Therefore, today there is only one, soon there will be many laboratories. “
The will of the official cadre is, he indicated, “to make the necessary adjustments to the law that are necessary to obtain the amount of vaccines and the type of vaccines necessary for all Argentines “.
“The bill that is being debated today to deviate from the regulation unfortunately does not solve the issue“, he sentenced.
“We are waiting for confirmation from the laboratory because we are not going to keep changing laws every week if the laboratory is not going to give sufficient agreement. We will change it when we have the guarantee of the industry that it will sell the vaccines“, he finished.
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