The country is progressing positively with its vaccination plan, where one of the priorities is to immunize minors, for which, a few hours ago, a shipment of vaccines arrived Pfizer intended for this population.
As confirmed by the spokeswoman for the presidency, Gabriela Cerruti, the doses of the pharmaceutical North American arrived this Thursday at the Ezeiza International Airport. doses of Pfizer They came from an American Airlines flight.
Vaccines of Pfizer they will serve to immunize more minors, this for the return to classes, since the new school year is about to start, and although a health pass will not be required, the invitation is to get vaccinated.
“We are ready to start the school year with most of the educational community with the complete vaccination schedule. That gives us peace of mind,” Cerruti said.
In addition, the presidential spokeswoman assured that in the remainder of this month more vaccines will arrive in the country to immunize all citizens, “We are going to have one and a half million more doses during February that are going to arrive”.
For her part, the Secretary of Access to Health, Sandra Tirado, indicated that the doses will be destined for the population between 5 and 11 years of age, to initiate vaccination schemes or apply a second dose.
Argentina acquired 18 million doses from Pfizer
Gabriela Cerruti, confirmed that within the negotiations carried out with the pharmaceutical, 18 million more doses were purchased, for a total of 38.6 million vaccines.
These vaccines are expected to arrive in the country gradually over the next few months, so that more citizens have access to the biological.
In addition to the pediatric vaccines that were received today, the laboratory has also delivered 15.3 million doses that have been destined to immunize the adult population.
