Russian vaccine: the departure of the third flight to Russia is postponed to bring a new batch of Sputnik V

The postponement would respond to Moscow’s decision to postpone the shipment of vaccines overseas (Photo: NA).

I know postponed the departure of the third flight to Russia to bring to Argentina a new batch of 600,000 vaccines Sputnik V against coronavirus. Journalist Norberto Dupesso advanced in TN that the Aerolineas Argentinas flight would depart Monday at 9 p.m. when it was originally scheduled for this Sunday evening. He said the airline had already “prepared” for a long time to proceed with the new transfer of the serum against COVID-19. He said the postponement would respond to a decision by Moscow to postpone sending the vaccines overseas.

Initially, it was expected that on Sunday evening the Aerolineas Argentinas aircraft Airbus 330-200 will operate flight AR1602 from Ezeiza International Airport nonstop to that of Sheremetievo Moscow, where it is planned to load other 600,000 doses vaccination against COVID-19.

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The trip to Russia lasts between 3 and 5 p.m. and ten crew members will participate, including pilots and co-pilots, four on duty and one backup, dispatchers, technicians and cargo personnel. The process of loading this third flight at Moscow Airport will take around five hours, and then the plane will return to the country immediately.

Theft of Airbus 330-200 to transfer vaccinations will be done under the name of “ferry”. These are the trips in which the plane travels empty, alone with his crew cabinets and even maintenance and freight technicians. These types of flights are used to carry out humanitarian transfers, repatriation of citizens or, as in this case, to go in search of a specific cargo.

The postponed trip to Russia is the third Aerolineas Argentinas must make to Moscow, after the one made on December 24 to transport the first 300,000 vaccines of the first dose and last Saturday to transport them. 300 thousand units of the second component.

Immunization plans

The government is organizing a mega vaccination operation against COVID-19 which plans to vaccinate at least this year 25 millions of people, and by which nation allocate $ 3.5 billion for the purchase of equipment, logistics, human resources and other supplies, planned TN.com.ar.

The first phase of the campaign includes health workers with an application campaign that started at the end of December, and it is expected that the next phase will include 70 years From.

The operation includes the recruitment of 10,000 volunteers through the overall territorial support program for Argentine volunteering (ACTIVATE). These are university students from healthcare or other careers, from 54 study houses, who will collaborate free of charge to assist the medical teams. There will also be specific training for vaccinators and registrars.