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BY MANUEL GARCÍA
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The Social Communication Secretariat of the Presidency reported that next week the first batch of Russian Sputnik V vaccines will be arriving in the country, specifically 100,000 units intended for people over 70 years of age included in the second phase of the National Vaccination Plan.
Next Monday this first shipment will leave Russia bound for Guatemala. “On April 26, the first shipment of 100,000 Sputnik V vaccines will leave Russia, which will serve to apply the first stage of immunization to the same number of adults over 70 years of age.”
The Presidency of the Republic informs that on April 26, the first shipment of 100,000 Sptunik V vaccines will leave Russia, which will serve to apply the first stage of immunization to the same number of adults over 70 years of age. pic.twitter.com/9DynW7aGwB
– La Hora newspaper (@lahoragt) April 23, 2021
This batch of vaccines against Covid-19 will also be the first purchased by the Guatemalan government directly from a pharmaceutical company.
However, the Ministry of Social Communication offered to provide more details of the arrival of the doses at another time, so the date and time of arrival is unknown.
In the case of this vaccine, the first and second doses are different. The second dose to be applied will arrive in Guatemala three weeks later, according to the Secretariat.
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THE ACQUISITION OF SPUTNIK V
The direct management for the acquisition of this vaccine was developed by the Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance, in total 16 million doses were negotiated to immunize 8 million people.
UNCERTAINTY IN VACCINES BY COVAX
The country expects to receive some 700,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines in early May, through the COVAX mechanism.
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