translated from Spanish: Carla Vizzotti analysed with the British committee the production of vaccines in the country

The Minister of Health and the presidential adviser, Cecilia Nicolini, spoke yesterday with the UK Minister of Vaccination, Nadhim Zahawi, and the Minister for Europe and the Americas in the Foreign Office, Wendy Morton, to “assess joint actions under the Covid-19 pandemic”Argentine females participated in the meeting from Mexico, where they make arrangements to facilitate the first shipment of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines and strengthen joint actions in relation to the approach of the at the meeting, the British Government was ready to encourage contact with Oxford University and the Argentine producer laboratory. Vizzotti stated:
“Argentina’s ability to be part of the vaccine production chain has been a strategic decision to promote our population and the Region of the Americas’ access to vaccines. We continue to look for more and better opportunities to accelerate this goal”

The British minister stated that “the current strategy applied is the right and the most effective to break the link between infection and hospitalisation.” In the face of Nicolini’s request for more vaccines, the UK again expressed its commitment to participate in the Global Vaccine Access Mechanism (Covax) in determining what to do and how to direct its surplus vaccines. We recall that Covax is an agreement promoted by the World Health Organization, the European Commission and France aims to ensure equitable access for vaccines for all countries and both Argentina and the United Kingdom are part of it. The Minister of Health noted in the face of this possible situation that:
“The Argentine health system has the capacity to cope with a escalation in dose application, in case of receiving an increase in the provision of vaccines.”

Finally, representatives of both countries agreed on a forthcoming virtual meeting to deepen joint confidence-building work around vaccination based on the results of the campaign.
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