The national government analyzes a “plan B” if the second doses of Sputnik V do not arrive and admits that the contract signed with the Russian Direct Investment Fund does not include sanctions in case of non-compliance.
Benjamín Blanco, Vice Minister of Foreign Trade, explained this Monday that “this is not a wait forever,” and that, if the delay persists, other schemes will be evaluated and studies can even be shared with other countries to “make decisions about it.”
“You have to be very clear, there is a scientific committee and experts who are analyzing the issue, surely in a few days we will have official information on what would be the possible plan ‘B’ if this noncompliance continues to occur, for now we are within range, “said the authority.
Ratified that There is no official date for the arrival of the reinforcements, which is said to be “a few days late” and that this waiting time will not affect the vaccination schedule. However, he acknowledged that the government’s pressure capacity was exceeded.
“That does not happen with Sputnik V or with any other vaccine that is marketed in the world, signing a contract costs a lot of work and even requires political will, and one adheres to the contracts. There is no country that has signed with a pharmaceutical company that includes sanctions, because they protect themselves in their contracts and they know that there are factors that they do not control, such as the provision of inputs, government restrictions. There is no penalty. If what is intended is for Bolivia to collect money from Russia for non-compliance, the contract is not established that way ”, admitted Blanco.
He specified that the delay was reported last week and that Bolivia will be one of the prioritized countries with the first shipment to be authorized. “It is not that we are going to wait for the Russian Fund to send us and blindly trust that that is going to happen.”, He complemented.
Finally, he revealed that “absolutely nothing has been paid, because a dose that arrives, a dose that is paid. It is an option to change the provider, but we cannot be irresponsible, we have the scheme composed of Sputnik V doses, which has the highest efficiency in the world, it corresponds to put the second dose, what we have for now is a few days late in the provision of second doses, you cannot exchange vaccines, “he said in an interview with Radio Compañera.
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The national government analyzes a “plan B” if the second doses of Sputnik V do not arrive and admits that the contract signed with the Russian Direct Investment Fund does not include sanctions in case of non-compliance.
Benjamín Blanco, Vice Minister of Foreign Trade, explained this Monday that “this is not a wait forever,” and that, if the delay persists, other schemes will be evaluated and studies can even be shared with other countries to “make decisions about it.”
“You have to be very clear, there is a scientific committee and experts who are analyzing the issue, surely in a few days we will have official information on what would be the possible plan ‘B’ if this noncompliance continues to occur, for now we are within range, “said the authority.
Ratified that There is no official date for the arrival of the reinforcements, which is said to be “a few days late” and that this waiting time will not affect the vaccination schedule. However, he acknowledged that the government’s pressure capacity was exceeded.
“That does not happen with Sputnik V or with any other vaccine that is marketed in the world, signing a contract costs a lot of work and even requires political will, and one adheres to the contracts. There is no country that has signed with a pharmaceutical company that includes sanctionsBecause they protect themselves in their contracts and they know that there are factors that they do not control, such as the provision of inputs, government restrictions. There is no penalty. If what is intended is for Bolivia to collect money from Russia for non-compliance, the contract is not established that way ”, admitted Blanco.
He specified that the delay was reported last week and that Bolivia will be one of the prioritized countries with the first shipment to be authorized. “It is not that we are going to wait for the Russian Fund to send us and blindly trust that that is going to happen.”, He complemented.
Finally, he revealed that “absolutely nothing has been paid, because a dose that arrives, a dose that is paid. It is an option to change the provider, but we cannot be irresponsible, we have the scheme composed of Sputnik V doses, which has the highest efficiency in the world, it corresponds to put the second dose, what we have for now is a few days late in the provision of second doses, you cannot exchange vaccines, “he said in an interview with Radio Compañera.
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