Start of distribution of 804,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines across the country – Telam

“After having carried out the process of customs clearance, reception, thermal control, counting, fractionation and packaging, between tomorrow and Thursday, the 24 jurisdictions of the country will receive the doses of the vaccine jointly developed by the University of Oxford and the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, ”said the press release issued by the Healthcare portfolio.

Distribution of doses by district

According to the criteria established by the national health portfolio, based on the number of population in each district and at the minimum packaging unit, the item was allocated as follows: 316,800 doses in the province of Buenos Aires; 52,800 to the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires; 4,800 in Catamarca; 19,200 in Chaco; 9,600 in Chubut; 72,000 in Cordoba; 19,200 in Corrientes; 24,000 in Entre Ros; 9,600 in Formosa and 9,600 in Jujuy.

The list is complete: 4,800 in La Pampa; 4,800 in La Rioja; 38,400 in Mendoza; 24,000 to missions; 12,000 in Neuqun; 9600 to Black Ro; 28,800 in Salta; 14,400 in San Juan; 4,800 in San Luis; 4,800 in Santa Cruz; 67,200 in Santa Fe; 14,400 in Santiago del Estero; 4,800 in Tierra del Fuego and 33,600 in Tucumn.

AstraZeneca and Sputnik V games

The arrival of this batch of vaccines took place this Monday on the flight LATAM CARGO UC1101 which landed at 6:40 p.m. from Miami with the first match of the contract with Astrazeneca of injections whose active principle was produced in Argentina, according to official sources.

A few minutes later, at 6:53 p.m., 609,965 doses of component 1 of the Sputnik V vaccine arrived on Aerolneas Argentinas flight AR1061 departing from the Russian Federation.

In addition, on Sunday afternoon, others 204,000 vaccines Astrazeneca which are part of the Covax mechanism of the World Health Organization (WHO).

The next games

On the other hand, this Wednesday at 6.15 am to arrive in Argentina a new flight from Amsterdam with 657,600 vaccinations Astrazeneca of said mechanism, and in the afternoon the arrival of an Aerolneas Argentinas flight with doses of Sputnik V.

With these two batches of vaccines, Argentina exceeds 15,000,000 doses received.

Until Tuesday morning, according to data from the Public Vaccination Monitor, the online register that shows the vaccination operation in real time throughout Argentina, 12,642,454 vaccines have been distributed, of which 11,242,209 have already been distributed. applied: 8,807,373 people received the first dose and 2,434,836 both.