Covid-19: Carla Vizzotti confirmed new flights to Russia to bring the first doses of Sputnik V vaccine

The Minister of Health, Carla Vizzotti, said that next week more batches of vaccine will arrive Sputnik V against the coronavirus of Russia and clarified that they correspond to the first component, because there are difficulties to access the second. In addition, he said progress is expected with the receipt of a shipment of AstraZeneca the United States.

“We are waiting for the arrival of a plane [con vacunas] for Sunday or Monday and another for Tuesday “, Assured Vizzotti in statements to FM Urbana.

Regarding the arrival of the second doses of Sputnik V, the minister explained that “It is more difficult to access the second component because the production is delayed” and because at this moment too “The second doses are applied in Russia.”

On the other hand, Vizzotti assured that it is by unblock the arrival of the second dose of AstraZeneca vaccines. Although she didn’t want to be specific, she slipped that a shipment would likely arrive next Monday in Ezeiza in the United States, where doses produced in Argentina were packed.

This second dose of AstraZeneca, according to Vizzotti, will be applied in priority to those who were vaccinated in February with Covishield, the vaccine from this same laboratory manufactured in India (and whose production in this country has been suspended).

“Those who have already completed three months, if a week or two have passed from inoculation, the vaccine does not expire. The interval has been set arbitrarily, but they will have priority to be vaccinated, ”he said.

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