Martín Vizcarra announces that he received the COVID-19 vaccine according to the established schedule

The former president of the Republic, Martin Vizcarra, announced this Sunday that he received the vaccine against the new coronavirus according to the inoculation schedule, this despite the fact that in October 2020 he received the doses against COVID-19.

Through a message on your Twitter account, Martin Vizcarra He thanked the Municipality of San Isidro and EsSalud for carrying out an orderly and efficient vaccination process.

In addition, he shared a photograph in which he appears with staff of the vaccination center.

Vacancy and ‘Vacunagate’

Martin Vizcarra was vacated by Congress of the republic on November 9, 2020, for the cause of permanent moral incapacity.

This decision was made after aspiring effective collaborators revealed to the Prosecutor’s Office that the then president would have received bribes during his tenure as regional governor.

Then in February of this year, the ex-president confirmed to have received the doses against COVID-19 and he claimed to have been a volunteer in the clinical trial of the Sinopharm laboratory. His wife and brother were vaccinated with him

However, the Cayetano Heredia Peruvian University (UPCH) denied that Vizcarra or his relatives were part of the study.

Disabling

In mid-April, the Plenary of the Congress approved to disqualify Martín Vizcarra politically for 10 years, due to this irregular vaccination.

The former Minister of Health was also disqualified, Pilar Mazzetti, for eight years and the former Minister of Foreign Relations, Elizabeth asteteFor one year, both also received the inoculation, although it was not yet due to them.

According to the Commission that investigated the case called ‘Vacunagate’, a total of 470 people received the COVID-19 vaccine outside of the clinical trial carried out by the Chinese laboratory Sinopharm in Peru.

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