When will the Covax vaccines arrive in Argentina

Equitable global access to a Corona virus vaccine this is the only way to mitigate the impact of the pandemic on public health and the economy. With that in mind, he pushed COVAX, one of the three pillars of the COVID-19 Tool Access Accelerator (ACT).

COVAX is co-chaired by the World Health Organization (WHO), the GAVI-Vaccines Alliance (Gavi) and the Coalition for the Coalition for Innovations in Epidemic Preparedness (CEPI). Its main objective is to accelerate the development and manufacture of vaccines against COVID-19 and to ensure a fair and equitable access to them for all countries of the world.

In this way, the initiative offers:

• Vaccine dose for at least 20% of the population of countries.
• A portfolio of diversified injections and actively managed.
• Delivery of vaccinations as soon as they are available.

COVAX acts as an intermediary, that is, it is responsible for negotiating between companies and governments, and also serves as a collector. Its funds come from what it receives in donations from countries, individuals and entities with a philanthropic profile to subsidize states with fewer possibilities. Argentina is one of the 190 nations which are inside the bottom.

The government of Alberto Fernandez announced that it had the delivery of 51 million doses until July, according to contracts already signed with the Gamaleya Institute of Russia (producer of Sputnik V), AstraZeneca (developer of Oxford) and the COVAX mechanism.

COVAX forecast

According to a forecast from the initiative released in January, nearly 2.3 billion doses of vaccine could be delivered in 2021. Of this total, it is expected that $ 1.8 billion goes to 92 low-income economies, with at least 1.3 billion of these doses available at no cost to their governments. Among them, Argentina is not found.

Our country will be among the 98 others who will receive a “wholesale” award between February and July. 9 million vaccines, according to national government estimates.

Following a series of agreements obtained by Gavi, the vaccines developed by AstraZeneca Yes Pfizer-BioNTech They are expected to be the first to come out in February, with others expected to join them by April 2021, including Novavax and Johnson & Johnson.

How is the Covid-19 calculator that lets you know when it would be your turn to get the vaccine

The supply of vaccines is expected to increase steadily month-to-month this year. Doses will be administered proportionally to populations, so by the end of 2021, the Southeast Asia and Africa will be the regions that receive the most dose.

Southeast Asia is expected to receive 695 million doses by the end of 2021 and the WHO AFRO region 540 million doses. 355 million are followed by the Eastern Mediterranean region, 280 million in the Americas and the Caribbean, 225 million in the Western Pacific region and 165 million in Europe.

Getting those doses will depend on fundraising and other factors. However, the initiative’s calculations suggest that all countries, rich or poor, should be able to ensure immunization of children. health workers, elderly and vulnerable groups before the end of the year.

BDN / FeL