In a context where the outbreak of coronavirus is again affecting the countries of the world, especially China, where restrictive measures to control the respiratory virus were lifted after massive marches led by citizens, the Minister of Health of the Nation, Carla Vizzotti He assured that “there is no dose of expired vaccine” after the conclusion unleashed by a journalist.
According to the story of Carla Vizzottithe controversy began after a journalist misinterpreted information about the expiration date of the coronavirus vaccines, concluding that they expired two days ago, on January 16 of this year. In addition to asserting that there are no expired vaccines, the official He said that of the 120 million doses received since the start of the pandemic, 113 million were applied.
This data on the application of vaccines provided by Carla Vizzotti During his visit to the province of Santa Fe, it corresponds to both the first doses for citizens and the second, third, extras and reinforcements that the population received, achieving a certain immunity in our society. This way, It is expected that the next wave of infections resulting from the outbreak in the world will not require hospitalization in all cases of infection with the virus.
epidemiological situation
After a month on the rise in the number of positive cases of coronavirus, the Ministry of Health of the Nation reported on the decrease in new infections during the past week, these being 19,416, which corresponds to less than half of what was registered. One week before. However, the number of deaths increased compared to the last report published on January 9. The growth in question was 14%, meaning the death of 89 people.
During the last fortnight of 2022, more than 35,000 weekly cases were registered, with, since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, the province of Buenos Aires and the district of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA) as the most affected territories. It is known from official figures that, so far, 10.02 million people have been infected by the respiratory virus and 130.3 thousand of these positive cases have resulted in death.
It should be noted that, like the health minister pronounced, the decrease in the contagion curve coincides with the increase in the vaccines applied in the last massive vaccination campaigns. Only in the month of November 2022, 26,692 doses of any of the available vaccines were applied, while the following month, the application of 127,034 doses was completed.
