They ask those who have received a dose of Sputnik V to restart their vaccination with another vaccine

Around 1:30 p.m. this Saturday, more than 70,000 people had joined an initiative on the site change.org in which the government of Alberto Fernández is invited to “launch a new scheme with the first and second doses of vaccines available from other laboratories for those who have received only the first dose of Sputnik V”. This is because of the delay in reaching the country of part 2 of the Russian formula.

Last week, Senator Julio Cobos raised the same request in executive power.

It should be noted that trials are progressing in the City and at the national level to determine whether it would be safe and effective against covid-19 to combine the application of vaccines from different manufacturers. If the first favorable results of these studies are confirmed, it may not be necessary to restart the vaccination schedule in those who have received dose 1 of Sputnik, and it would be sufficient to apply them.a second injection of one of the other vaccines.

The promoter of the new initiative is Amalia Granja, 68, who wrote: “On April 4, I received the first dose of the Sputnik vaccine against COVID-19. The 90 day interval to receive the second dose has ended and the government is still uncertain when the vaccination program will be completed ”.

This person argues that while some 2.7 million people over the age of 60 are still waiting and “faced with the need for an urgent solution”, they are asking that “a new schedule with the first and second vaccine doses available from other laboratories for those who only received the first dose of Sputnik ”.

“It’s a critical situation where health is at stake, and concrete and immediate action must be taken. We are close to the Delta variant and that would be fatal, ”argued which was on the way to reaching the initial objective of 75,000 memberships.

Many signers left their comments in the change.org post, one of them added his experience: “I am signing for myself with 69 years and 120 days of waiting !!! And for my stepmother with 90 years and 118 days of waiting”.

“I received the 2nd dose 112 days after the 1st. I sign up for everyone’s help that they are still waiting for the full vaccination, ”explained a neighbor from Avellaneda, province of Buenos Aires.

From Bahía Blanca, they demanded: “It’s a right to have both doses, the government is in debt to six million citizens ”.

This figure, which in truth exceeds 6.8 million, corresponds to the number of Argentines who received the first dose of Sputnik V and are still waiting for the second. A 73.4% of the total who has received at least one dose of Sputnik hopes to have the full regimen.

asks cobos

A few days ago, the former vice-president and current senator of Ensemble for the change, Julio Cobos, challenged the government for its “lack of foresight” and also asked for a new regimen with another vaccine for those who have only one dose of the Russian vaccine. .

Through a communication project, Cobos requested information from the executive power on the contract details that the Argentine state has signed with Russia.

The chief of Mendoza stressed that “all the deadlines for an effective application of the second dose to achieve adequate vaccination they are late, according to information provided by the vaccine developer “and that” there is no certainty as to when the second dose will arrive.

“Faced with the situation, we must analyze whether it is not more practical; both from a health and economic point of view, start a new immunization schedule for those who received the first dose of Sputnik V, with vaccinations in Stock other labs, ”Cobos noted.

And he added: “In particular, it should be analyzed whether this is possible and, if necessary, put forward this decision as soon as possible. The health of Argentines cannot depend on the will of a Russian official or bureaucrat. . “

LGP