Is the Sputnik vaccine in danger in Argentina ?: This power wants it

Germany is in talks for possible deliveries of the vacuna rusa Sputnik V, despite the reservations that this drug arouses in Europe.

Its creators specified, in a message on their Twitter account, that the Russian Sovereign Fund (RDIF), which financed the creation of this vaccine, began negotiations with Berlin “for a purchase contract”.

Shortly before, the German Minister of Health had announced its intention to discuss with Moscow the possible quantities and delivery times of the Sputnik V vaccine, in case the European Medicines Agency grants the green light.

“I explained to the EU Council of Health Ministers that we would discuss bilaterally with Russia, to find out when and how much could be delivered,” Minister Jens Spahn told WDR regional public radio.

The minister justified his decision by explaining that the European Commission had announced that it would not negotiate the purchase of the Sputnik V vaccine on behalf of the 27 member states, as it had done with other vaccines against him. Covid-19.

“Deliveries should take place in the next two, four or five months for the current situation to really change,” said Spahn, criticized for the slow pace of the vaccination campaign.

Last Sunday, a new flight arrived with vaccines to Argentina

Preliminary contracts with Russia

According to Berlin, any delivery from Sputnik V It is subject to the approval of the European Medicines Agency (EMA). “For it, Russia must provide data like all the others (laboratories) and as long as these data are not provided (…) there can be no authorization“Said Spahn.

Three products are currently inoculated in Germany: Pfizer / BioNTech, Astrazeneca -Under certain conditions- and Modern.

In the coming weeks, a fourth option will be distributed throughout the European Union: the laboratory’s anticovid-19 vaccine Johnson & johnson.

In Germany, pressure is mounting for the Russian vaccine. Bavaria, the largest region, said Wednesday it had negotiated a “preliminary contract” to receive 2.5 million doses, subject to the green light from the European drug regulator.

R-Pharm Germany, a subsidiary of Russian drug manufacturing group R-Pharm, is expected to produce certain doses in Illertissen, a municipality in Bavaria.

The EMA has yet to set a deadline for its decision on the Sputnik V vaccine, while the same entity has reviewed data from other labs that have submitted their coronavirus serum for approval for two to four months.

Germany in talks for possible Russian Sputnik V vaccine deliveries

Sputnik V in Argentina

The lack of vaccines against the coronavirus is the main concern of governments in all countries of the world today. Including that of Argentina, which sees Sputnik V as one of the answers to this problem.

So far, nearly 5 million doses of the Russian vaccine have reached the country. Last Sunday, the eleventh flight of Argentine airlines from Moscow to bring to the country a new shipment of nearly 500,000 doses of Sputnik V.

Aerolineas Argentinas has been carrying out special operations since December with the aim of bringing vaccines to the country.

On December 24, the first flight arrived from Moscow with 300,000 doses; on January 16, 300,000 additional doses arrived on the second flight. The third flight ended on January 28, bringing 220,000 doses to our country and 20,000 that were sent to Bolivia; while on February 12 came the fourth service with 400,000 doses.

Later, on February 28, the fifth flight brought 517,500 doses and a day later, on March 1, the sixth arrived with 732,500 doses. On March 19, 330,000 doses arrived on the seventh flight and three days later, on March 22, 500,000 doses arrived in what was the eighth flight to the Russian capital.

Already in the last days, On March 27, 370,000 doses arrived at the ninth service, on March 30 300,000 doses at the tenth flight and this Sunday 497,745 doses arrived at the eleventh flight, totaling 4,467,745 doses from Russia so far..