Carla Vizzotti: “We have access to vaccines but …

In a meeting with journalists held at the Ministry of Health, Carla Vizzotti provided details about the progress of the vaccination plan in the face of the arrival of 5 million doses before the end of May. In addition, he detailed the logistical aspects related to the immunization process, with emphasis on the gap between the doses that arrive and those that apply. He also described the epidemiological situation in relation to a “high plateau of cases”, With a curve that is very difficult to sustain if the objective is to prevent the health system from collapsing.

“At present, we are negotiating with absolutely all the laboratories and we are thinking about the vaccines that should arrive now and also with a prospective look towards the future. However, we know that on December 31 the pandemic will not disappear, the world is in the middle of a situation that will remain, ”said the minister. Then he continued: “The emergence of new variants does not allow us to say when this global emergency situation will end, we are not in a position, no one is. Today we have access to vaccines but alone they are not enough. In fact, we are on a very high floor and winter is coming. We need to redouble care and move forward with vaccination “, Held.

Regarding the gap between the doses that arrive and those that are inoculated, an aspect linked to the rate of application that scale immunization reaches, Vizzotti pointed out: “The week that we applied the most doses, we reached 1,200,000. So far there has not been a bottleneck in the application. The provinces have prepared in an excellent way. We are in a position to accelerate even more ”, he stated. 75% of people over 60 years of age received a dose, therefore, faced with a situation that is favorable, he stated: “We are in the stage of stimulating the provinces so that the remaining 25% can be captured. There are many people who may not have been able to sign up, or who have a question about vaccination. We are working to vaccinate as quickly as possible before winter arrives ”.

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