translated from Spanish: Cafiero meets with the Ministers of Health of the Nation, City and Province to analyze vaccine combination results

The chief of staff, Santiago Cafiero, leads today in Casa Rosada a meeting with the Ministers of Health of the Nation, Carla Vizzotti; and from the Province and City of Buenos Aires, Nicolás Kreplak and Fernán Quirós, to analyze the results of the study of the combined study of vaccines against the coronavirus. The meeting, scheduled for 15:30 in the office of the Chief of Staff, will evaluate the results of the collaborative study of vaccine combination, coordinated by the Ministry of Health and the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (Conicet), under the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation.After the meeting, Vizzotti, Kreplak and Quirós will speak to the press in the Conference Room of the Government House.” Tomorrow, with the preliminary information, as it will continue to expand, with a cutoff at 14 and 28 days, we will have this information that we have accelerated on the safety (of the vaccine combination). In this way, we will define this third strategy to complete the Sputnik V vaccine schedules during the month of August, with some of the other Astrazeneca, Sinopharm or Moderna vaccines,” Vizzotti said last night.” There are very important data that support the theory that the interchangeability of vaccines can even stimulate our immune system more and generate more antibodies”The minister said that there are already five provinces that joined the study of combination vaccines against the coronavirus, and said that, in addition to CABA and province of Buenos Aires , “yesterday (on Monday) began the enrollment of volunteers (to participate in the tests) in La Rioja, Cordoba and San Luis.” August, month of the second doses
Vizzotti also announced that from Monday the first million second doses of Sputnik V produced in the country will be available. In turn, he said, by the fourth week of August, 1.6 or 1.7 million more doses will be added.” August will be the month of second doses,” he insisted. In that regard, he reported that “the vaccines that arrive from AstraZeneca and Sinopharm are going to be used to complete schemes.” At this time, it is more important to complete the vaccination schedule of a person over 50 years of age than to initiate a vaccination schedule in a healthy adolescent, from the point of view of the risk of hospitalization or death”

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