The Minister of Health of the Nation, Carla Vizzotti, spoke at a press conference at the Argentine Cargo Terminal (TCA), of the Ezeiza Airport, after receiving the 100,620 doses of the coronavirus vaccine from the Pfizer laboratory, and announced that the components will be used “to initiate vaccination schemes for adolescents without comorbidities in a universal way.” Referring to vaccination with Pfizer doses, the minister commented: “These vaccines, as we agree with CONAIN, experts and the Federal Health Council (COFESA) will be used to initiate vaccination schemes for adolescents without comorbidities universally, starting with those of 17 years, or, depending on provincial plans, to complete vaccination schedules.” It is important to clarify that, depending on the vaccination advances of the provinces, from this month and continuing in October with the arrival of a greater number of doses, it is possible, before the end of the year, to advance with adolescents between 12 and 17 years of age universally, which in total are 5 million, “said Vizzotti.
Press conference of Minister Carla Vizzotti with the Chargé d’Affaires of the U.S. Embassy, MaryKay Carlson, and Nicolás Vaquer, from the Pfizer laboratory. https://t.co/fxt6Z5ZMYO — Casa Rosada (@CasaRosada)
September 8, 2021
In addition, the head of the national health portfolio reported: “A Ministerial Resolution was signed accepting a new donation from Spain of 850,000 doses of Astrazeneca that we managed during the G20 meeting and will arrive in the coming weeks.” Today in Argentina the coverage of the total population with at least one dose is 63 percent, and among those over 18 years of age it reaches 81 percent; while the coverage with the complete two-dose scheme is 37.4 percent of the total population and climbs to 52.3 percent among those over 18 years of age,” said Vizzotti.With respect to the current state of the situation in the country in relation to the coronavirus pandemic, the official clarified: “Epidemiologically we are in the 15th week of sustained decrease in the number of infections, a decrease that is also registered in the level of tension on the health system and in the registration of deaths from Covid-19, and we can also say that today we do not have any urban agglomeration in a situation of alarm.”
