The Sputnik V doses came from Moscow (Photo: Presidency).
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Argentina adds this Monday 600 thousand new vaccines for its immunization plan against the coronavirus.
This afternoon, at 4:24 p.m., Aerolneas Argentinas flight AR1065 landed at Ezeiza airport, from Moscow, loaded with 400,000 doses of component 2 of the Sputnik V vaccine.
The Airbus 330-200, registration LV-GIF, had departed at dawn on Sunday for the Russian capital and, after loading the vaccines, began its return this morning to Argentina.
This shipment is in addition to 200,000 doses of Sputnik component 2 that arrived last week on a flight from the Qatar Airways airline.
Meanwhile, at 21.28 toc landed in Ezeiza the flight UC1101 of Latam Cargo Colombia, from Miami, which transport 204,000 doses of AstraZeneca-Oxford, while next Wednesday Argentina will receive another 326,400 doses from this laboratory.
Since the start of the immunization campaign, Argentina received 43,405,930 vaccines, of which 14,768,000 correspond to Sinopharm; 12,268,830 to Sputnik V (9,375,670 from component 1 and 2,893,160 from component 2); 10,145,100 to those of AstraZeneca and Oxford whose active principle was produced in Argentina; 3,500,000 to Moderna; 1,944,000 to AstraZeneca through the WHO COVAX mechanism; 580,000 to AstraZeneca-Covishield and 200,000 to Cansino.
This week, moreover, the arrival of 500 liters of the antigen is foreseen for the production in the country of more doses of component 2 of the Sputnik V vaccine by Richmond Laboratories.
Since the pandemic started, Argentina received 43,405,930 vaccines ”
The national pharmaceutical company will present in the next few days the first batch of this component, which has already been authorized for its application by the Gamaleya National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology, of the Russian Federation.
Meanwhile, the Minister of Health of the Nation, Carla Vizzotti, I anticipated that this month’s goal will be to “double the doses already applied” and “reaching 60 percent of those over 50 with two doses,” and said that adding “a booster dose” is being “evaluated” in people at risk who need it, those over 60 and the immunocompromised. ” .
“There are 7 million doses that we have as our goal, but the minimum of the objectives is to reach 60 percent of those over 50 with two doses, for which 2.3 million people are missing and it is very possible that we will reach it. “he explained.
Photo: Presidency).
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On the other hand, he reaffirmed that he is “evaluating” having “a booster dose in people at risk who need it, those over 60 and the immunocompromised.”
In relation to the need to complete the schedules and the delay in the arrival of second doses of Sputnik V, Vizzotti distinguished three strategies to speed up the completion of the vaccination schedules: Argentina; and interchangeability, always starting with those who have the longest time since the first dose and are over 50 years old. “
Regarding the local production of Sputnik V at the Richmond laboratory, Vizzotti pointed out that there are already “1 million doses produced with the quality control that began to arrive last week and 2.7 million doses that will be released from August.”
For now, the decision of the Russian Gamaleya institute is that all doses produced in the world must go through quality control in Russia.
However, Vizzotti announced that he is “working with the Anmat to, in the medium term, not have to send them there.”
“They are doing the studies and the controls in parallel and, so far, they are concordant,” he celebrated.
On the other hand, Vizzotti referred to the agreement with Pfizer and said that, as an objective, “adolescents are prioritized” and that there is a “very strong intention” to start receiving them before the end of September.
79.9 percent of the population from the age of 18 began their vaccination scheme, while 90.7 percent of people aged 60 years or older and 89.8 percent of those who have 50 years or older, already have a dose of immunization against coronavirus.
“89.6% of people between 55 and 59 years old began their vaccination scheme, as did 87.3% of those belonging to the age group between 50 and 54 years old; 84.4% of those who are between 45 and 49, and 86.3% of the next group between 40 and 44 years old “, is specified in a report from the Presidency.
Photo: Presidency).
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He added that they also received the first dose “80.9% of people between 35 and 39 years old; 75.5% of those between 30 and 34; 67.7% of the age group between 25 and 29 as well. than 61.1% of the 18-24 age group “.
Meanwhile, it was indicated that “they completed their scheme: 65.4% of those over 70 years of age; 53.8% of people aged 60 or over; and 43.2% of people over 70 years old. 50 years “.
“26.3% of the population aged 18 or over already have both doses”, complete the report.
Within the framework of the August goal of completing schedules, especially in people over 50 years of age, the application of second doses was increased and, thus, “in the last two weeks, 2,392,626 people completed their schedule.”
“They have a dose: 90.7% of those who are 60 years or older, and 89.8% of people with 50 or more years,” he completed.
Since the beginning of the immunization campaign, Argentina has received 43,201,930 vaccines, of which 14,768,000 correspond to Sinopharm; 12,268,830 to Sputnik V (9,375,670 from component 1 and 2,893,160 from component 2); 9,941,100 to those of AstraZeneca and Oxford whose active principle was produced in Argentina; 3,500,000 to Moderna; 1,944,000 to AstraZeneca through the WHO COVAX mechanism; 580,000 to AstraZeneca-Covishield and 200,000 to Cansino.
According to the Public Vaccination Monitor, until this morning 40,623,044 doses of vaccines were distributed throughout the territory, while 34,666,131 were applied. Of this total, 26,085,048 people were inoculated with the first dose and 8,581,083 have the complete scheme.
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