translated from Spanish: More than 200,000 doses of the Oxford and AstraZeneca vaccine arrived in the country

More than 200,000 doses of the coronavirus vaccine (COVID-19) developed by the University of Oxford and the AstraZeneca laboratory, acquired through the Covax mechanism promoted by the World Health Organization (WHO) and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, which seeks a fairer distribution of doses and facilitate access to the most vulnerable countries, arrived in the country on Sunday. The arrival occurred after 8.00am, through a flight from the airline KLM, as reported through the social networks of Casa Rosada.
With this batch, there are already more than 5 million doses that Argentina received between this drug, in addition to that manufactured by Russia, Sputnik V, and the Chinese of Sinopharm. In the first stage, the vaccination campaign that began weeks ago in the country is aimed at doctors, teachers, older adults and the population at risk.” This first shipment is part of the country’s 9 million doses through the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Covax mechanism, an initiative to ensure fair and equitable access to vaccines for all countries around the world,” official sources said days ago.
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