The second Aerolineas Argentinas flight in search of Sputnik V will depart for Moscow on January 14 at 8:35 a.m. and will return on January 15 at midnight.
González García indicated that in addition to the new shipment from Sputnik V, “the AstraZeneca vaccines will enter at the end of March.”
Along these lines, he reported that the country continues to negotiate with three suppliers: “We have made a new proposal to Pfizer and we will see if they accept it. We are negotiating with China and also with Brazil ”.
Days ago, Alberto Fernández had explained: “The plan we have is for Russia to finish giving us the 300 thousand second doses in the first days of January and by the end of January we have 4 million from the first dose and 1 million from the second dose”.
“There is a drama in the world today and it is that there are still no vaccines and the vaccines that exist and are being given are difficult to work with,” explains González García.
On the other hand, he clarified that “there are a few months left” for the vaccine to work, so it is essential to maintain care and social distancing. The situation of the immediate future is, in those terms, still confused.
“There is no vaccine that works if you do not have the care that you have to have. We want all citizens to understand that they have to take care of themselves. For the vaccine to work, there are a few months left. Today, distancing and care are fundamental ”, concluded the official.
Meanwhile, the vaccination operation continues, with at least 70 thousand people already inoculated. “Argentina, of the entire region, is the country that has vaccinated the most, but it is still missing,” said the minister.
The vaccination campaign is already being implemented in the 24 jurisdictions of the national territory, starting with the 300,000 doses that arrived from Moscow on December 24 last.
At the same time, the government announced a strategic plan that involves an investment of $ 5.5 billion in scientific research and a “scientific-health supplement” that means an out-of-pocket salary improvement ranging from 12 to 37% for the Malbrán Institute workers. , which studies the evolution in the country of the SARS-COV-2 coronavirus virus. It was announced by Santiago Cafiero and González García in the “Malbrán”.
“These advances are taking place within the framework of a government that has decided to support innovation and scientific research in health for socioeconomic development, job creation and equal opportunities,” said Cafiero.
The decision to increase workers was adopted in a joint agreement and the increases are according to the level, grade and function of the employees, within the framework of the so-called 2020-2025 Master Plan of investments in equipment, services and infrastructure for $ 5.5 billion .
El Malbrán is the main research center in the country in bacteriology. At this time, he is investigating, among other activities, studying the variation of the SARS-COV-2 virus strain and, in that direction, determined this week the presence of the Rio de Janeiro variant in Argentina -derived from the B.1.1 lineage. .28-, and detected in Brazil since October last year.
As explained, this strain is less contagious than the one discovered days ago in Great Britain and that circulates in Europe and some countries in America.
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