Covid Vaccination Argentina

The Aerolineas Argentinas plane that brought from the Russian Federation a consignment of 400 thousand doses of the Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus landed at the Ezeiza airport at 19:08 today (Fri 12 Feb 2021).

Arriving at the beginning of next week from India, 580,000 doses of the Covishield vaccine, manufactured in India, would arrive in the country.to cover all health workers and begin to vaccinate people over 70 years, explained González García,
“it will allow the vaccination of the prioritized groups to be scaled up."
The Indian vaccine is a variant of the Oxford vaccine.
Last Tuesday, the Ministry of Health of the Nation authorized with an “emergency” character the Covishield vaccine. It is the "COVISHIELD / ChAdOx1nCoV-19 Corona Virus Vaccine - Recombinant vaccine produced by the Serum Institute of India", in collaboration with the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca, in the context of a technology transfer.
The vaccine is given in two doses, four to 12 weeks apart . It can be safely stored at temperatures of approximately 2 ° C to 8 ° C, the same as a household refrigerator, and can be administered in existing healthcare settings. International clinical trials of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine showed that when people received a half dose and then a full dose, the effectiveness reached 90% .
 
580,000 doses of AstraZeneca will arrive next Tuesday, in addition to the 400,000 for Sputnik V that have arrived on Friday

Next week Argentina will be able to vaccinate almost a million people

Excerpts:
...As of February 14, the government of Vladimir Putin promised to regularly send 1 million doses per week from India and no longer from Moscow.
....The shipment by Gamaleya of batches of component 1 is closely related to the strategy that various health portfolios have implemented worldwide. Although immunity is not complete, the level of protection against future contagion can be considerable with a single dose.
....For this reason, the balance is tilting to inoculate the largest number of people with a single dose and defer the second .

....The Argentine government continues to advance on several fronts at the same time. The strategy of placing multiple eggs in different baskets seems to pay off.
Days ago, it closed the agreement with the state company Sinopharm, through which the Chinese laboratory will send 500 thousand copies of dose 1 and 500 thousand of dose 2 .

The focus on the vaccination rate
"Given the immediate availability of vaccines, what will have to be analyzed then is the distribution, logistics and rate of inoculation in the vaccinations of the different provinces. It's not just about capacity but also about speed"
....In CABA there will be 20 vaccinations and five mobile units . From Health they seek an agreement with the objective that social leftovers and prepaid also vaccinate . For example, the Italian Hospital, the British Hospital, the German Hospital, the Cemic, Osecac and ObSBA have already confirmed, although others such as Swiss Medical, Galeno and Osde, precisely the most important, have not yet confirmed.
....In the Province of Buenos Aires, the entire vaccination process will use the public infrastructure network. For example, in La Matanza there will be 56 vaccination centers and four hospitals and the goal is to inoculate about 600 thousand people in the coming weeks.
 
11 February 2021
Who can be vaccinated according to the new guidelines of the Ministry of Health.
....with the Sputnik V pregnant women and those who are breastfeeding, people with autoimmune diseases and immunocompromised people who are part of the groups already prioritized by the experts for the vaccination. This was the proposal of the National Immunization Commission (CoNaIn) in consensus with various Scientific Societies and external experts from the Ministry.

The document explains that "in line with the analysis and recommendations published in recent weeks in other countries, the Ministry of Health has been recommended to exclude the concept of "contraindication for vaccination against COVID-19 to pregnant women, women in lactation period, immunocompromised people or people with autoimmune diseases that are part of the groups that belong to the target population to be vaccinated (as long as the vaccine platform used is NOT live and attenuated viruses).

To learn more about it from the infectologist, Angela Gentile. "It must be made clear that we are not massively indicating vaccination in pregnant women". "It is vaccination in immunocompromised or lactating pregnancies, but that only belong to high-risk groups."

Later on the vaccination plan, the specialist assured that “we need to increase the rate of vaccination. The strategy is adequate, because it was much discussed. First application to medical personnel, then to people aged 70 and over because they are the ones who are hospitalized and die, and also the ones in essential forces ”....
 
Getting the vaccination, the race begins in Buenos Aires Province and soon in Capital Federal
400,000 doses of Sputnik V from Moscow arrived last Friday. From another news outlet the 580,000 doses arriving from India, Covishield, are expected to arrive Wednesday, 2/17/21. ( Argentina announces it has approved the emergency use of the Indian-made Covishield jab)
Enough doses will be available to advance beyond the vaccinations of health care workers.

The Province of Buenos Aires which had launched a registration page online will begin vaccinations
This Wednesday, February 17, for people over 70 who registered online.

**Note:
there is a confusing way of expressing provenance in Buenos Aires, as the Province of Buenos Aires and the Buenos Aires Government seem to be interchangeable terms and could lead you to believe it includes Buenos Aires City / Capital Federal / CABA. It does not.

Vaccinations in Buenos Aires City/CABA/Capital Federal are a separate plan.
How can I sign up to get the vaccine?
Not Yet
(as of 2/16/21) Coming soon
The shift system will be enabled once the vaccination of health personnel is completed and after the confirmation of the arrival of new vaccines to the City.

Once the shift system is enabled

How to take turns?

  • Enter your personal information in the shift, choose the day, time and vaccination center.
  • You will receive an email or sms confirmation of the shift, and you will be able to approach the vaccination post on the day and time chosen with your ID
***Vaccine registrations are made by place of residence. In the City of Buenos Aires, for the moment, only those who are within the priority groups will be able to register through a web page that will be enabled in the coming days.
Beyond the scheme proposed by the Ministry of Health of the Nation, the order for vaccination will depend on the jurisdictions, which will decide according to their epidemiological situation and the availability of doses.



Once the health personnel campaign has been completed and the arrival of new vaccines has been confirmed, vaccination against Covid-19 will begin for older adults over 70 years of age and people living in nursing homes.

Covid-19 vaccination campaign for adults over 70

Adults over the age of 70 and people who live in nursing homes in the City will be vaccinated.

**Older adults who are living in nursing homes:
We will have 8 mobile units that will vaccinate all the residents of the 498 homes. It does not require a previous shift .

**Adults over 70 years of age who do NOT live in nursing homes:
They will be able to take turns with their ID and will be vaccinated at any of the vaccination centers closest to their home.

**If you have any of these health providers (social work or prepaid) you can check how to access the Covid-19 vaccination when the start of the campaign for adults over 70 is announced:
  • Italian Hospital
  • German Hospital
  • British Hospital
  • CEMIC
  • OSUTHGRA - (Güemes)
  • OSECAC
  • OBSBA
Public vaccination centers, check for a place near your address:
What will the vaccination circuit be like in the Centers?
To enter the vaccination centers, you must present a DNI and have a previous appointment.

The process will have the following steps:
  1. Registration and registration of each person who is going to apply the first component of the vaccine.
  2. Vaccination and recommendations of the health team.
  3. Observation period of 30 minutes after the application of the vaccine.
  4. Post-vaccination registration with a certificate when leaving the Vaccination Center.
SOURCE:
 
Starting tomorrow, Wednesday 2/17/21, and in a staggered manner in the coming days, the province of Buenos Aires is preparing to start immunization against Covid-19 in adults over 70 years of age and teachers , two of the groups considered highly vulnerable due to their risk of developing the severe form of the disease or of exposure. Teachers with pre-existing illnesses had already started receiving at least one dose of Sputnik V in the district.

In the city of Buenos Aires, for the same group of seniors and residents of nursing homes, vaccination will start next Monday, February 22.
Excerpts:
For Buenos Aires City

- "On Wednesday, 2/17/21, at a press conference, we will give details about vaccination in health centers and the opening of shifts at the River Vaccination Center." Fernandez Quirós
Quirós with his team will provide details on the next steps of the campaign in the city, such as the provision of shifts in the River Vaccination Center and in health centers, as well as more details on how and when the non-institutionalized elderly will be able to start take a turn online for the 27 enabled sites.

- So far, the information available indicates that those who are living in homes or institutions for the elderly will not have to take turns . There will be eight mobile units that will go to the 498 nursing homes in the city, according to the availability of doses.

- The rest of those over 70
(those between 60 and 69 enter the next stage), will be able to choose the day, time and vaccination closest to their homes when reserving their shift. They will receive a confirmation by email or text message. On the selected day, they must attend the vaccination with their identity document.
 
Vaccination of people over 70 years old begins in the province of Buenos Aires
The intention is to inoculate everyone in three weeks

The Buenos Aires Vice Minister of Health Nicolás Kreplak explained to PáginaI12 that they are contacting those who have shifts these days. They want to go "full steam" when they know how many vaccines are arriving. There are already two and a half million pre-registered.
 
In CABA the registration of people over 80 opens this Friday to get vaccinated
The Buenos Aires Minister of Health, Fernán Quirós, announced this Wednesday at a press conference that as of this Friday the registration will begin so that adults over 80 can be vaccinated against the coronavirus in the City of Buenos Aires. "On Friday at 2:00 p.m. the Internet shift system will open," said the minister, adding that shifts may also be obtained through line 147.
Quirós explained that, in this way, the second stage of vaccination in the city, scheduled for older adults, will begin next week. Enrollment will be available to those 80 years of age or older who are not hospitalized.
 
Additional information:
17 February 2021
Online and telephone appointments: Fernán Quirós detailed how the vaccination of those over 80 will be, which will start next Monday.
As detailed, the appts will be assigned online, through the official website of the Buenos Aires government, and through 147, the free telephone line to make claims and receive general information about the city of Buenos Aires. Once the personal data has been entered, the day, time and vaccination center must be chosen, and an email or text message will be received on the cell phone to confirm the shift. And for the vaccination it is necessary to carry the DNI.

Next Friday, starting at 2:00 p.m
., the Government of the City of Buenos Aires will enable shifts for adults over 80 years of age to sign up to receive the doses against COVID-19, whose vaccination will begin next Monday. This was indicated by the Buenos Aires Minister of Health, Fernán Quirós, in his usual report on the epidemiological situation. "Starting next Monday we will open vaccination to the second stage," said the Buenos Aires official. “We have a very efficient device and we don't apply more vaccines because we don't have them; we hope that the reception of shipments can be intensified ”, he added.

In the City the vaccination plan was divided into six stages according to the risk of activity. The first includes health personnel and is not yet completed, and the second stage covers adults over 80 years of age. The next four stages will include: adults aged 60 to 69 years; strategic staff; people between 18 and 59 years of age with risk factors (insulin-dependent and non-insulin-dependent diabetes, grade 2 and 3 obesity, chronic cardiovascular, kidney and / or respiratory diseases); and other strategic groups defined by the jurisdictions according to the availability of doses....

....Quirós, on the other hand, pointed out that the cases of coronavirus in CABA continue in a "very marked decrease, especially in the last seven days", although he acknowledged that a second wave "will surely occur." "We have powerful instruments to delay it, such as the intensification by governments of the epidemiological search, tracing and isolation, continue to build "ciudadania", continue to focus on maintaining the use of an appropriate mask, and advance with vaccination," he added...
 
Additional information:
17 February 2021
Next Friday, starting at 2:00 p.m., the Government of the City of Buenos Aires will enable shifts for adults over 80 years of age to sign up to receive the doses against COVID-19, whose vaccination will begin next Monday.
In the City the vaccination plan was divided into six stages according to the risk of activity. The first includes health personnel and is not yet completed, and the second stage covers adults over 80 years of age. The next four stages will include: adults aged 60 to 69 years; strategic staff; people between 18 and 59 years of age with risk factors (insulin-dependent and non-insulin-dependent diabetes, grade 2 and 3 obesity, chronic cardiovascular, kidney and / or respiratory diseases); and other strategic groups defined by the jurisdictions according to the availability of doses....
Dear Quirós appears to of forgotten a decade of the ages 70 to 79. We live in hope he gets them packed in. Earlier the next age group was 75 and over, now it's 80 and over and next stop below is 69 to 60.
 
Dear Quirós appears to of forgotten a decade of the ages 70 to 79. We live in hope he gets them packed in. Earlier the next age group was 75 and over, now it's 80 and over and next stop below is 69 to 60.
I think the omission of the group of "adults aged 70 to 79" was not made by Dr. Quiros but rather the error was made by the person(s) who wrote this article at Infobae.
 
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