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The question about the value of the 9 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine Janssen laboratory, which the Government announced on Wednesday, they made it to the Minister of Health in an interview with La FM, on December 31.
“How much did the vaccines purchased from Johnson and Johnson cost?”was the specific question, to which Minister Fernando Ruiz responded very briefly.
“I cannot give you that information because it is part of the confidentiality agreement, but I can tell you that this is one of the lowest-cost vaccines that we have acquired so far. A reasonably priced vaccine, ”Ruiz said.
The answer left doubts among the interviewers, who commented, together with the director Luis Carlos Vélez, that that investment should be publicly known since the vaccine has not even been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
“With all due respect to the minister, there are no confidentiality prices. The Comptroller’s Office could say: ‘Sir, how did you buy the vaccines? How much was the commission? How was it done? ‘”Said one of the journalists.
At the end of the debate, it was commented on the station that when they asked the Minister of Finance, Alberto Carrasquilla, how much was going to be allocated for the purchase of vaccines in Colombia, he “spoke of 500 million dollars.”
Iván Duque announces the purchase of 9 million vaccines from Janssen.
The conclusion reached in the program is that in due course the Comptroller’s Office will have to investigate the million-dollar investment in vaccines, since according to President Iván Duque, the country would have insured 49 million doses so far.
Of these, the president explained, the 9 million Janssen would be from a single dose, although Minister Ruiz acknowledged that it will be necessary to wait for the analysis of the results to be confirmed.
This was the announcement made by President Duque and Minister Ruiz.
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