To the government, they say they understand that Spain does not allow Argentines vaccinated with Sputnik V to enter

The government reacted cautiously to the announcement that the European Union would apply for a health passport and said it understood Spain’s decision that Argentines vaccinated with Sputnik V will not be able to travel to Spain when its borders open on June 7.

Now, only those whose vaccinations are up to date, but from Pfizer / BioNtTech, AstraZeneca-SKBio, Serum Institute of India, Janssen and Moderna will be able to travel to the European country. Only those approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) or by the World Health Organization will be admitted., and Sputnik V was not yet authorized.

The news fell like a bucket of cold water in this country, already hit on all fronts, and where the rare vaccination – 8 out of ten people are only vaccinated with the first dose – has been done mainly with the vaccine Russian, which has document problems because it has not yet been approved in some parts of the West. It is also a very effective drug. The same has been vaccinated with AstraZeneca but most are with a single dose.

“They will solve it. We have to give it time. We are satisfied with Sputnik V. And they will approve it,” said a high-level source in the presidency on the question of. Bugle. The same source also said she saw it as a health and not a political measure, which “will change” when the European Medicines Agency authorizes it. Even so, the situation shows the limits Argentina finds itself in for failing to negotiate in time – or for rejecting – contracts with vaccines licensed in the West like Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson.

“There is nothing to ask of Pedro Sánchez, because it is not up to him but these are community decisions,” they said when spokespersons were asked to ask if there would be a special request. in this regard to the president of the Spanish government, who plans to visit Argentina on June 8. Last week Alberto F. was with the Spanish leader on his European tour, which took him to Madrid on his second stop.

Before the pandemic, there was a huge round trip between Argentina and Spain due to the number of Argentines living in the European country.

Last week, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, concerns were expressed in this regard when the official delegation and journalists had to adjust their papers for the trip during which they accompanied Alberto F. vaccinated with the two doses of Sputnik V, with which he caught the virus, although the disease progressed slightly.

Clarín learned that in the comings and goings of this process, the head of the external relations cabinet informed them that they were all traveling as an official delegation, with a negative PCR, but also that no health passport was in. force. Borders are still closed in Europe but there are exceptions.