The undersecretary of Public Health, Paula Daza, He reinforced this Saturday that the government is exploring testing potential vaccines from European countries for Covid-19. During the daily balance regarding the advance of the pandemic in Chile, the health authority maintained that this is an issue that the Ministry of Science is currently seeing together with a team of experts.
Already last Tuesday, the Minister of Health, Enrique Paris, confirmed China’s invitation to participate in phase 3 of the vaccine tests for Covid-19. “It is an acknowledgment that another country makes to the scientific quality of our country and that will be coordinated by the Ministry of Science”, Held.
For his part, the Minister of Science, Andrés Couve, I had already pointed out –According to what happened yesterday– that trials of other vaccines developed in France, Germany and the United Kingdom were being evaluated. Adding that “We have not closed ourselves to any option.”
And today, Undersecretary Daza confirmed that “As the Minister of Science (Andrés Couve) has said, an agreement has been made with a Chinese laboratory to be able to test the vaccine in Chile. But also the minister is exploring, along with a team of experts -a table that the Ministry has prepared-, to see the possibility of other vaccines that are being developed in other European countries, such as Germany and England. “
“On an issue as important as the vaccine, they are working hard to see the possibility of implementing the work of other vaccines in our country,” added Daza.
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