The thirteenth flight of Aerolíneas Argentinas to Moscow in search of more coronavirus vaccines, Sputnik V, departed from Ezeiza at 1.58am and will return with a new shipment tomorrow at approximately 19.Se estimates that it will set foot at Sheremetievo International Airport, around midnight, and in the first instance will be 4 hours on Russian soil , to take off at 4.30 and set out on the way back. It has not yet exceeded the amount of doses that will arrive, but it is estimated that about 500 mil.La operation is carried out by the Airbus 330 with LV-GIF license plate, an aircraft that was modified to be used as a bonfire and not as a commercial aircraft. Currently, as on previous flights, 20 people travel, of which 10 are commanders and co-pilots, while the rest are technical, maintenance and cabin crew.
“Each operation is a new opportunity to make our contribution to the large logistics chain that involves moving millions of vaccines, which in turn translate into more protected people. We are proud to be able to work with that goal,” said Pablo Ceriani, president of the company. Vaccines will be moved in “thermobox” containers at a temperature of 18 degrees below zero and with additional cooling load. Currently 9,642,490 vaccines arrived in the country on 18 flights made by Aerolíneas Argentinas, of which 13 went from Moscow with 6,033,290 doses of Sputnik V, and 5 from Beijing with 3,659,200 doses of Sinopharm, out of a total of 11,698,145 doses that entered the country on 22 flights. This shipment will be in addition to the 861,000 AstraZeneca, which according to the Minister of Health, Carla Vizzotti, will arrive around 21 this month will reach Argentina through the international Covax mechanism.
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