translated from Spanish: Paris: “It is unusual for vaccinatory bodies to close because they do not have Pfizer, having other vaccines to place”

22.07.2021
The Minister of Health, after receiving a shipment of 207 thousand doses from Pfizer, rejected the closure of the vaccination facilities due to the low availability of the drug. He announced that during the next four weeks, shipments totaling nearly one million doses will arrive from the laboratory.

After the arrival this morning of 207 thousand doses of vaccines from the Pfizer-BioNtech laboratory, the Minister of Health, Enrique Paris, rejected the closure of vaccination facilities decreed by some municipalities, given the shortage of this drug.” It is unusual for the vaccinatory to close because they do not have Pfizer, having other vaccines to place,” said Paris, who assured that “there is no falra of Sinovac, quite the opposite and even less of AstraZeneca.” The secretary of state also said that the vaccines will be distributed today, so that they are available from tomorrow and recalled that next week new shipments of vaccines will arrive from the Sinovac, Pfizer and Cansino laboratories. Regarding the drug Pfizer in particular, the secretary of state said that next week 300 thousand doses will arrive, and that the first three weeks of August will arrive shipments of 281 thousand, 201 thousand and 217 thousand doses respectively. Yesterday the Health Ministry said the drop in the availability of Pfizer vaccines is due to “a limited stock of vaccine production worldwide.”See also Minsal: Today 207 thousand doses of Pfizer-BioNtech arrive and call to respect vaccination schedule

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