COVID-19 vaccination in Argentina explained

COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Argentina
Date: – present
Location:Argentina
Cause:COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina
Target:Immunisation of Argentines against COVID-19
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The COVID-19 vaccination program in Argentina is an ongoing effort of mass immunization. Vaccination against COVID-19 began in Argentina on 29 December 2020 aiming at health professionals. Argentina struck a deal with the United Kingdom in November 2020 for a British made vaccine produced by the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford. The vaccines are part of a deal where Argentina received 22.4 million doses.[1] During the first week, 39,599 doses were applied to health professionals.[2]

On 18 February 2021, vaccination on citizens aged over 70 began in the Province of Buenos Aires. Schools, among other sites, were used as temporary vaccination centres.[3]

Background

During the first days of November, the government announced that will acquire during December 2020 and January 2021, 25 million of doses from the Russian vaccine Sputnik V after it would enter phase III.[4] [5] [6] Other vaccines such as the developed by University of Oxford and AstraZeneca, Pfizer, and China were also announced to be acquired eventually.[7]

On 22 December the flight that would bring the first doses of the Sputnik V vaccine to the country left for Moscow,[8] after negotiations began in early December.[9] 300,000 doses arrived on 24 December,[10] with the vaccination campaign beginning on 29 December.[11] The governor of the province of Buenos Aires, Axel Kicillof, was among the first to receive the vaccine.[12] One day later, the AZD1222 vaccine developed by University of Oxford and AstraZeneca was also approved in the country.[13]

On 29 May 2021, health minister Carla Vizzotti met with Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel to discuss the possibility of distribution of the still unapproved Cuban-made vaccine SOBERANA 02.[14] [15]

On July 17, 2021, 3.5 million doses of Moderna vaccines arrived at Argentina as part of donation from the United States.[16] Before that, on July 9, 2021, Argentina announced that it had procured 20 million doses from Moderna on its supply deal.[17]

The European Investment Bank is collaborating with the Argentinian government to provide the country with $100 million to assist in the acquisition of COVID-19 vaccinations and to deploy vaccination campaigns.[18]

Vaccines on order

!Vaccine!Approval!Deployment
Pfizer–BioNTech
Oxford–AstraZeneca
Sputnik V
Sinopharm BIBP
Moderna
Bharat Biotech
CanSino[19]

Vaccines in trial stage

!Vaccine!Type (technology)!Phase I!Phase II!Phase III
CureVacRNA
ReiTheraViral vector

Notes and References

  1. News: Covid-19 vaccinations begin in provinces across country. Buenos Aires Times (Perfil). 29 December 2020. 25 April 2021. 28 April 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210428014221/https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/argentina/covid-19-vaccinations-begin-in-provinces-across-country.phtml. live.
  2. News: Ya se aplicaron 39.599 dosis de la vacuna contra COVID-19 al personal de salud. 39,599 doses of the vaccine against COVID-19 were applied to health professionals. Ministry of Health. 6 January 2021. es. 25 April 2021. 14 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210514130128/https://www.argentina.gob.ar/noticias/ya-se-aplicaron-39599-dosis-de-la-vacuna-contra-covid-19-al-personal-de-salud. live.
  3. News: Buenos Aires Province begins vaccinating those aged 70+. Buenos Aires Times (Perfil). 18 February 2021. 25 April 2021. 18 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210518194826/https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/argentina/the-buenos-aires-province-begins-its-vaccination-programme-for-70-and-overs.phtml. live.
  4. News: Boadle. Anthony. Raszewski. Eliana. Garrison. Cassandra. 2 November 2020. Argentina expects 10 million doses of Russian COVID-19 vaccine. Reuters. 6 November 2020.
  5. News: 3 November 2020. Argentina agrees to buy 25 million doses of Russia's Covid-19 vaccine. Buenos Aires Times (Perfil). 6 November 2020. 4 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201104221548/https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/argentina/argentina-agrees-to-buy-25-million-doses-of-russias-covid-19-vaccine.phtml. live.
  6. News: 4 November 2020. Salud confirmó que adquirirá 25 millones de dosis de la vacuna rusa si pasa la fase 3. es. Télam. 5 November 2020. 4 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201104162714/https://www.telam.com.ar/notas/202011/532044-salud-confirma-dosis-vacuna-rusa.html. live.
  7. News: Heath. Maximilian. 6 November 2020. Argentina 'could receive' 750,000 doses of eventual Pfizer vaccine: Fernandez. Reuters. 7 November 2020.
  8. News: Parte hacia Moscú el vuelo que traerá al país las primeras dosis de la Sputnik V. Télam. 22 December 2020. es. 25 April 2021. 25 April 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210425023041/https://www.telam.com.ar/notas/202012/539297-aerolineas-argentinas-rusia-sputnik-v.html. live.
  9. News: Government inks deal for 10 million doses of Russia's Covid-19 vaccine. Buenos Aires Times (Perfil). 12 December 2020. 25 April 2021. 19 April 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210419221824/https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/argentina/government-inks-deal-for-10-million-doses-of-russias-covid-19-vaccine.phtml. live.
  10. News: Otaola. Jorge. Sherwood. Dave. Argentina to launch COVID-19 vaccination campaign on Tuesday. Reuters. 26 December 2020.
  11. News: Misculin. Nicolás. Sherwood. Dave. Argentina begins COVID vaccination drive with Russia's Sputnik V. Reuters. 29 December 2020. 25 April 2021. 25 April 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210425023033/https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN2931HR. live.
  12. News: Kicillof among first to receive Russian vaccine in Argentina. Buenos Aires Times (Perfil). 29 December 2020. 25 April 2021. 23 April 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210423041711/https://batimes.com.ar/news/argentina/kicillof-among-first-to-receive-russian-vaccine-in-argentina.phtml. live.
  13. News: Argentina approves AstraZeneca-Oxford Covid vaccine. Buenos Aires Times (Perfil). 30 December 2020. 25 April 2021. 19 April 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210419024225/https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/argentina/argentina-approves-astrazeneca-oxford-covid-vaccine.phtml. live.
  14. News: Vacunas cubanas: Díaz-Canel recibió a Carla Vizzotti . Cuban vaccines: Díaz-Canel received Carla Vizzotti . 30 May 2021 . . 29 May 2021 . Spanish . 29 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210529190916/https://www.pagina12.com.ar/344688-vacunas-cubanas-diaz-canel-recibio-a-carla-vizzotti . live .
  15. News: Carla Vizzotti se reunió en Cuba con el presidente Díaz-Canel . Carla Vizzotti met in Cuba with President Díaz-Canel . 30 May 2021 . La Voz . . 29 May 2021 . Spanish . 29 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210529195412/https://www.lavoz.com.ar/ciudadanos/carla-vizzotti-se-reunio-en-cuba-con-el-presidente-diaz-canel/ . live .
  16. Web site: July 17, 2021. United States donates 3.5 million Moderna vaccines to Argentina. live. August 3, 2021. Buenos Aires Times. https://web.archive.org/web/20210717025447/https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/argentina/us-donates-35-million-moderna-vaccines-to-argentina.phtml . 2021-07-17 .
  17. Web site: July 9, 2021. Argentina announces COVID-19 vaccine supply deal with Moderna. live. August 3, 2021. Reuters. https://web.archive.org/web/20210708201346/https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/argentina-announces-covid-19-vaccine-supply-deal-with-moderna-2021-07-08/ . 2021-07-08 .
  18. Book: Bank, European Investment . EIB Group activity in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2021 . 2022-03-03 . European Investment Bank . EN . 2022-04-05 . 2022-04-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220405163143/https://www.eib.org/en/publications/the-eib-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean-in-2021 . live .
  19. Web site: 2021-06-11. Argentina issues emergency approval to China's single-dose Cansino COVID-19 vaccine. 2021-06-11. Reuters. 2021-07-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20210712093058/https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/argentina-issues-emergency-approval-chinas-single-dose-cansino-covid-19-vaccine-2021-06-11/. live.

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