The Minister of Health, Pilar Mazzetti, He reported that 8 groups working with possible vaccines against COVID-19 have expressed their interest in working with Peru for the vaccine development strategy. In this regard, he mentioned that two clinical trials have already been approved for Peru. “That will allow us to be part of the whole search for the vaccine and allow us to be one step ahead when the vaccine is already available. But that is not only what has to be done, it has to be done many more things. To begin with, the budgetary part: we have to anticipate budgetary aspects that the MEF is already beginning to organize, “he said.
Mazzetti also explained that Peru will participate in the initiative Covax Facility, promoted by the World Health Organization, in order to get to the vaccine against COVID-19 for 20% of the population of the countries “at first”, an initiative that joins other independent ones that could sell vaccines to the country. On Covax Facility, the minister added that the Ministry of Economy It has already been advanced with the payment of 20 million that should have been made before September 15.
“In addition, we have to prepare. We have already done all the research and organization to see how we would be vaccinated, in what order, how many groups. We are organizing the vaccination strategy and preparing the vaccinators so that they can participate. We are also collecting all the material. we particularly need the cold chain, so that everything is preparing so that the moment a vaccine is approved we can access it easily and that this flows and we do not delay, “he added.
During the delivery of the first oxygen plant for the Arequipa region, the minister pointed out that currently there are 320 tons of this resource distributed nationwide for patient care COVID-19; however, he acknowledged that the ideal for the country would be to have plants everywhere so as not to depend on acquisitions “that at some point may fail us or reach the limit.”
After highlighting the need for all hospitals to have their own oxygen plant in the future, the minister pointed out that her sector currently has an application for the consumption of this resource, as well as a mapping of the situation of hospitals and whether they they have plants, which allows “to choose the place that is most in need of this plant.”
Finally, the Minister of Health pointed out that 64 oxygen plants are required for the “prioritized” establishments, while a second moment will seek to reach around 157. In that sense, she reported that there are currently 24 in the project and 4 pending approval.
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