More and more vaccines are starting to be applied: who …

Anmat published the second batch of 500,000 Sputnik V vaccines that arrived last Thursday in Ezeiza, with which Teams to vaccinate the over 60s who are still missing start from Tuesday. At the same time, the vaccination of all those who received the first dose of the Sinopharm vaccine is being completed, that is, they are cited for the second dose. 861,000 vaccines arrive from Oxford-AstraZeneca on Friday, provided by the Covax program, which will also involve applying a second dose and, if the Anmat approves the documentation, the first batch of vaccines would also arrive, most of which has been manufactured. . in Argentina. The figure would be around one million doses. In the past few hours, the Washington government has announced that it will release an additional 60 million Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines that are in North American warehouses. In theory, Argentina should receive 20% of these doses. Restrictions, reduced mobility and individual measures are a kind of indispensable bridge until progress is made in the vaccination of a large part of the population, in particular those at risk. Everything indicates that this is a possible achievement target in what remains of May and June.

The over 60 must be vigilant to their cell phones, emails and apps because, if things are progressing normally, before this weekend everyone should be vaccinated. Among unvaccinated people of this age, only isolated cases will remain.

The same happens with those who wait for the second dose of Chinese vaccine Sinopharm. Enormous changes have already taken place and, in theory, this Tuesday the vaccination would be over. Only a small amount has been set aside for people who did not receive the summons or who, for some reason, did not show up. But every second dose of the Chinese vaccine would be applied at the end of that day.

The next step, which is already underway, is the progression of the under 60 with previous illnesses. Changes have started to emerge. As anticipated Page 12, you must complete the form when registering and then present a medical certificate proving the disease. Provincial health ministries will be doing random checks, not all that are going to be vaccinated. The city of Buenos Aires opened the register this morning.

Documentation is also pending in Antat for the approval of vaccines from Oxford-AstraZeneca, the active component of which was manufactured in Argentinaat. According to the Cambridge laboratory in England, there is a first shipment ready to the United States for shipping to Ezeiza, on a DHL cargo flight and awaiting approval from the Argentinian regulatory authority. Anmat has to give his approval because it is a new plant and a new batch, as happened with the Sputnik vaccines. AstraZeneca says if the Angat approves the doses – nearly a million – will be in Ezeiza on Friday.

What is insured is the Covax is also delivering 861,000 vaccines to Oxford-AstraZeneca on Friday, surely from Europe. Covax is the World Health Organization’s program for a more equitable distribution of vaccines. Argentina has purchased nine million doses from the Covax program, and after Friday’s shipment it will still have to receive more than seven million. Dosages of Covax will be used to supplement the vaccination of those who received the first dose of the same vaccine, but with the Covishield brand, made in India. Those quotes will be made next week.

US releases vaccines

In Washington, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki announced that the United States would begin donating vaccines and releasing 60 million doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca which are in that country and which do not ‘were not cleared by the FDA is imminent because the British laboratory has not submitted documentation. Alberto Fernández told Joe Biden of the need to disseminate these vaccinesIn other words, the lab is allowed to sell to Latin American countries to comply with contracts that AstraZeneca violated.

American actions do not have a return to humanitarianism as a backdrop. There is a strong current in the United States that argues that the COVID crisis, especially the economic crisis, will not end until the entire world is vaccinated, as the virus is transmitted through airplanes and the flow of people. Therefore, the strategy of abolishing patents is starting to appear on the scene – the only ones making huge profits are the laboratories – and to spread vaccination to every corner. In particular, the most urgent thing is to quell the disasters in India and Brazil. In this context, By contract, part of the vaccines that are in the United States should come to Argentina.

With the huge vaccination possibilities in sight, the challenge for the country appears to be to adjust the restrictions as much as possible for a longer time, with on the horizon that more than half of the population could be vaccinated by the end. June or July.