The Minister of Health, Amelia Flores, assured that It is false that there are vaccines that will expire in August, as stated by some deputies this Tuesday.
He explained that it was an error in the writing of a report sent to some deputies of Congress.
–
“We want to apologize publicly (…) it was a human error. We attribute it to, some might call it keyboard, finger or whatever, Unfortunately, it was not thoroughly reviewed, Flores said, according to The News Network.
He clarified that the listings said that a batch of Moderna vaccines expired on August 23; but nevertheless, they have no drug that expires on that date.
Deputies of the National Unit of Hope (UNE) had said this Tuesday that some 2.4 million vaccines were about to expire, and that they feared that, at the current vaccination rate, up to a million vaccines could be lost.
The minister provided a list of vaccines that will expire in the months of September, October, November and December, sSeptember 30 is the closest expiration date for a batch of AstraZeneca vaccines.
The minister also reported that it is expected that as soon as possible the vaccination phase can be opened for people over 18 years of age; However, at the moment it is treating people between 30 and 40 years old who have been quite affected lately
More vaccinations
Regarding the arrival of more vaccines to the country, the minister said that according to the schedule this month they will be receiving 400 thousand doses of the first component and 200 thousand from the second component of Sputnik V.
He added that this week will be important because they are also expected to enter Pfizer vaccines to the country, that would reach 500 thousand doses according to the Covax mechanism and others in donation from Spain.
The official also reported that they are working with the Vice Ministry of Hospitals and other providers of modular rapid installation hospitals and that This information will be available throughout the week.
“What we need is not more hospitals, we do need them right now, but that is not the final goal, the objective is that we try to protect ourselves, to use the mask, to respect the capacity to avoid reaching the hospitals ”.
He stated that they give the necessary kits for patient follow-up as well as his family to be able to contain the epidemic.
“Right now we have to take into account that there is a much more contagious variant ”, Flores warned.
This is the table provided by Health with details about the vaccine lots:
–
