Argentina is among the 20 countries that have received the most vaccines in the world – Telam

Argentina is among the 20 countries with the highest number of vaccines received in the world according to a follow-up carried out by the National Directorate of International Relations of the Ministry of Health and prepared from official information with data published until Thursday, March 18 (Figures which, therefore, must be updated, but which allow a projective analysis to be carried out).

In sum, with indicators from a week ago and based on the 4,050,540 doses received so far (a number that does not include the last two Aerolneas flights that brought 330,000 new doses of Sputnik V to the country on Friday March 19 last, and 500,000 other doses also of Sputnik, Monday 22), Argentina is ranked 20 in terms of access to vaccines against the coronavirus.

The list

The list of the 20 countries that have received the most doses against Covid-19 is led by the United States (135,846,665 doses) followed by China (52,520,000), India (29,738,409), the Indonesia (28,000,000), the United Kingdom (25,216,857), Italy (16,511,750) and Turkey (13,000,000).

Next come Brazil (12,910,000), Chile (10,925,276), Israel (9.257019), Germany (8,863,270), Morocco (8,000,000), Russia (7,639,374), France (7,058,746), the Arab Emirates (6,516,723), Mexico (5,512,575), Spain (5,352,767), Poland (4,487,273) and Bangladesh (4,218,127).

The 20th place, as said, corresponds to Argentina, taking as a basis the 4,050,540 doses confirmed until Thursday 18, while the stock available in the country has already increased to 4,880,540 with the last two supplies of from Sputnik.

The vaccination campaign

(Of these 4,880,540 doses, 4,197,945 have already been distributed between the different jurisdictions, according to data from the Public Vaccination Monitor updated at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday 25).

The health report also indicates that by limiting the analysis to the southern hemisphere, Argentina appears to be the fourth country with the highest number of doses received (the first three are Indonesia, Brazil and Chile. ).

Moreover, by analyzing the number of vaccines received as a proportion of the number of inhabitants, Argentina (with an estimated population of 45,195,777) shows a result not very different from that of some European countries.

Argentina has a dose percentage of 8.96% for each inhabitant; Spain, 11.45%; Netherlands, 9.45%; Belgium, 9.79%.

The investigation also reveals that Argentina has received 6.19% of the total doses for which it has contracted with suppliers up to the date of the report (March 18): the total stands at 65,470,000 doses. .

As a parameter, the United States has signed agreements for the purchase of 1,200,000,000 doses and has already accepted 135,846,665 (which equates to 11.32%) while Germany has signed agreements for the purchase of 339,813,368 doses and received 8,863,270 (2.61% of the total forecast).

These figures, of course, are updated according to official information available on Thursday of last week.

In contrast, the statistical comparison shows extreme levels of inequality at the global level.

Overall picture

In the second year of the pandemic, with the most contagious and deadly viral mutations, only 15 countries were able to receive more than 10% of the total vaccines they signed contracts for.

These figures show that the demand for vaccine stocks is a worldwide supply and has, as always, winners and losers.

“The vast majority of the world’s nations have obtained very little or no access to vaccines,” the document warns.

“All laboratories have had difficulty in increasing production, without exception. The situation is one of an insufficient supply of this critical input in the world,” he warned.

The report confirms that countries in the northern hemisphere, with a few exceptions, are concentrating most of the doses delivered by the drug production laboratories against Covid-19.

Finally, and with regard to access to vaccines in the country, the survey compares its own figures and those of others to conclude with a diagnosis: “In a context of uncertainty, Argentina is one of the country that has access to vaccination in a sustainable manner “.