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.the government of Santa Fe continues with its planned vaccination program, since as of tomorrow it will enable a link in which citizens can register to request one shift. The arrival - yesterday - of another batch will allow to complete the inoculation to all the health workers, which add up to 70 thousand, to then start the vaccination in the 431 nursing homes in the province, which means the use of around 17 thousand vaccines (8 thousand for residents and 9 thousand for personnel who work in those places). Starting tomorrow, twenty cars with head in Rosario and 10 in the provincial capital will go out with their teams to vaccinate in the different nursing homes, The estimate made by the Ministry of Health is that throughout the week that starts some 80 nursing homes for the elderly will receive the first dose, and this will continue until the entire population is covered. Then, it will be the turn of adults over 80 years of age, who are more than 100,000 throughout the province, and that, if the reception of the 2 million doses of Covishield (Oxford / Astrazeneca) is finalized, its application could begin in the first days of March with a number for the province close to the population demand of that age group. From then on, and with the order of priority already known, the provincial government expects that the bulk of the vaccination plan for 1.2 million people, which is the estimated population to be immunized, will be completed in the fall.
"Ginés was key in the organization of the pandemic: trade, mettle, dedication 7x24. They will not find a single governor, Peronist or not, who does not recognize him and appreciate his work, it is a shame from where you look at it", A high-ranking source from the Santa Fe government told Rosario / 12 to refer to the untimely departure of the national minister after the "Vip vaccination" scandal.
From that point on, Governor Omar Perotti instructed his collaborators to redouble their efforts "to carry out the planned program in a transparent and efficient manner." which has as a condition the provision of vaccines that must arrive from the Nation. That was what delayed until tomorrow the enabling of the site where
citizens can register to obtain the vaccination shift, strictly respecting the order of priority that is already known. To do this, you will have to
enter the site of the province www.santafe.gob.ar/ms/covid19 / ">
www.santafe.gob.ar, go to the coronavirus link and from there it will lead to a form that must be completed with the required data: name, surname, date of birth, address, and some other more.
Although the opening of the site will not have restrictions, it will be recommended that those over 70 years old do so in this first stage. But as it is expected that there may be a flood of income, in order not to suffer the collapse of the page, precautions have been taken that they trust will be effective.
According to official records, in the province there are 700,000 adults over 60, potential recipients of the vaccine. To cover the entire provincial territory, 176 freezers have been distributed to allow the conservation of doses. Vaccinations will be enabled in 150 localities, even though the bulk of the applications will be made in Rosario, Santa Fe, Reconquista, Rafaela and Venado Tuerto.
The logistics of the Oxford vaccine - which requires 8 degrees below zero instead of -20 for Sputnik - will allow the distribution of doses to smaller populations that have the equipment to guarantee the cold chain. The 41,500 that arrived in the last hours will be distributed in 25 thousand in the Rosario area and the rest in the north center, with head in the city of Santa Fe. With this lot, the almost 10 thousand workers that remain of the equipment are completed. of health (they have already received their doses 61,800) and the rest will go to the program already described that begins with the geriatrics.
"We are going to work as before, with the responsibility of informing the population, as we receive the vaccines, which age groups we are going to be inoculating. That is why we wait until now to enable the site where shifts are recorded that will be granted by strict order of priority, "
Minister Sonia Martorano told Rosario / 12, who also lamented the departure of Ginés González, but preferred to focus" on the vaccination campaign, it is likely that now there are volleys against this , as there was when the vaccine came from Russia. Our work must continue as before, taking care of the population, and doing things as they should be done, "said the Minister.
The truth is that starting tomorrow the qualification of shifts for Santa Fe who want to receive the vaccine begins, and a new stage in the fight against the pandemic begins.
