The Ministry of Health reported that starting next Wednesday the first delivery of the pediatric Pfizer doses will begin, so it is expected that days later it will begin to be applied in the La Plata vaccination clinics. After the meeting of the National Immunization Commission to define the technical guidelines for its application, they agreed that a total of 3,249,385 doses of vaccine against Covid-19 will be distributed: 1,488,240 correspond to Pfizer adults, 663,745 to Sinopharm and 1,097 .400 to AstraZeneca. But to this is added the delivery of 432,000 pediatric doses from Pfizer, as detailed in the statement from the portfolio headed by Carla Vizzotti.
In the case of Sinopharm, for each region of the country, they will be distributed as follows: 180,000 to Buenos Aires, 45,600 to the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires; 5,145 to Catamarca; 30,000 to Chaco; 15,000 to Chubut; 35,000 to Cordoba; 15,000 to Corrientes, 10,000 to Entre Ríos; 10,000 to Formosa; 25,000 to Jujuy; 3,000 to La Pampa; 10,000 to La Rioja; 50,000 to Mendoza; 30,000 to Missions; 5,000 to Neuquen; 15,000 to Rio Negro; 50,000 to Salta; 10,000 to San Juan, 12,000 to San Luis; 3,000 to Santa Cruz; 55,000 to Santa Fe; 5,000 to Santiago del Estero; 5,000 to Tierra del Fuego and 40,000 to Tucumán.
Regarding the delivery of 1,488,240 doses of Pfizer adults, 580,320 correspond to Buenos Aires, 100,620 to the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires; 14,040 to Catamarca; 39,780 to Chaco; 21,060 to Chubut; 124,020 to Cordoba; 37,440 to Corrientes; 45,630 to Entre Ríos; 19,890 to Formosa; 25,740 to Jujuy; 11,700 to La Pampa; 12,870 to La Rioja; 65,520 to Mendoza; 42,120 to Misiones; 22,230 to Neuquen; 24,570 to Rio Negro; 25,740 to San Juan, 16,380 to San Luis; 12,870 to Santa Cruz; 150,930 to Santa Fe; 32,760 to Santiago del Estero; 5,850 to Tierra del Fuego and 56,160 to Tucumán.
AstraZeneca doses will be distributed 424,300 to Buenos Aires; 73,800 to the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires; 10,000 to Catamarca; 28,800 to Chaco; 15,100 to Chubut; 91,200 to Cordoba; 27,100 to Corrientes; 33,600 to Entre Ríos; 14,400 to Formosa; 18,700 to Jujuy; 8,700 to La Pampa; 9,600 to La Rioja; 48,000 to Mendoza; 30,600 to Misiones; 16,100 to Neuquen; 18,100 to Rio Negro; 34,600 to Salta; 19,200 to San Juan; 12,000 to Saint Louis; 9,000 to Santa Cruz; 85,400 to Santa Fe; 24,000 to Santiago del Estero; 4,300 to Tierra del Fuego; and 40,800 to Tucumán, according to the numbers indicated by the ministry.
At the moment, according to the Public Vaccination Monitor, Argentina distributed 104,532,590 vaccines, of which 99,449,590 doses were sent throughout the national territory and 5,083,000 were donated to other countries.
Adverse effects
The application of the vaccines for the coronavirus in children and adolescents found few adverse effects in Argentina, more associated with the application of the doses of Pfizer and Moderna than those of Sinopharm, although all of them without seriousness, assured pediatrician Elizabeth Bogdanovich.
Since last October, when the vaccination campaign began in that population, “cases have been found in children who have reported cough and fever five or seven days after receiving the Sinopharm vaccine, while in the case of RNA vaccines courier, such as Pfizer and Moderna, muscle pain and exceptionally cases of myocarditis or pericarditis were seen,” said the doctor from the Argentine Society of Pediatrics (SAP).
Vaccination for the coronavirus in children is recommended, since although the infection tends to be milder in this group than in adults, they can become seriously ill, require hospitalization and cause sequelae.
Meanwhile, children with underlying medical conditions are at higher risk for serious illness such as multisystem inflammatory syndrome, a condition in which different parts of the body (heart, lung, and gastrointestinal organs, among others) become inflamed.
In addition to the direct benefit of vaccination, immunizing children confers an indirect benefit by reducing virus transmission and thus contributing to herd immunity.
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