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The flight to Russia to withdraw the vaccines contracted for will not leave this Sunday and the schedule will not be confirmed until Monday. The authorities of the Ministry of Health and those of Aerolineas Argentinas are awaiting approval from Moscow which, as expected Page 12, He has already informed that the vaccines will be available as indicated in the contract: four million for dose 1 and one million for dose 2 before the end of the month. The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), which manages Gamaleya’s vaccines, on Monday promised to confirm the final schedule and with it the flight schedule will be made.

Nothing is easy in the world of vaccines because there is immense pressure all over the planet. Even in Russia, the sending of the first doses to Argentina caused embarrassment, because the Constitution expressly stipulates that the Russian population must be privileged in matters of health. In desperate Europe, there are scandals of all kinds with Pfizer. The laboratory registers a delay of one month in the deliveries and due to the delays, criminal complaints against the laboratory are starting to appear, as is the case in Italy. At the center of the scene are the issues of large-scale production. Pharmaceutical companies themselves keep saying exactly when to deliver and are under pressure from all countries and governments. In various newspaper covers around the world, the dominant headline is “we need vaccines”. This is how he appears this Sunday in the New York Post, for example, which puts the cry in the mouth of Bill de Blasio, mayor of New York, who addressed his request to President Joe Biden. In Spain, meanwhile, it is known that health workers had to stop vaccinating due to the lack of vaccines.

As this newspaper progressed, the Alberto Fernández government’s plan is to bring in vaccines in batches of one million per week, to avoid the costs and risks of storage in tanks at 17 degrees below zero. Strategy also has to do with vaccination rates: around the world, at first, the process is slow, then it speeds up. In Argentina, the 300,000 doses 1 arrived on December 24 and vaccination is only now complete.

Airlines await final schedule as more flights are needed to collect five million vaccines. In addition, it was also necessary to obtain the approval of the unions as this will involve many trips, outside the usual routes. The head of the Pilots Association, Pablo Biró, has already signed the authorization and the company is awaiting the schedule which comes from Russia. In Moscow, they say they will confirm everything on Monday.