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Several political sectors have demanded that the National Government say the exact date on which the coronavirus vaccine will arrive in the country.
(Can read: Government recommends Claudia López to read the vaccination plan)
This after President Iván Duque and the Minister of Health, Fernando Ruiz, announced on December 18 that the country closed agreements to obtain 40 million vaccines against covid-19 with the pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and AstraZeneca, to acquire 10 million doses from each of those companies, and another 20 million doses as part of the Covax platform.
But the event took hold again this Friday after the Minister of Health would respond to the mayor Claudia López that “they have never” committed themselves to vaccination dates “nor have they” closed the purchase option ”
Mayor stop putting up smoke screens on your responsibility for the contagion of Bogota.@MinSaludCol It has not done more than support it, we have never committed to vaccination dates nor have we closed a purchase option. Let’s focus on getting the city out of the crisis. @infopresidency https://t.co/A5l0YkaPte
– Fernando Ruiz (@Fruizgomez) January 8, 2021
One of those who asked for an explanation was former President Andrés Pastrana: “Sir
@MinSaludCol, with all due respect: when do the vaccines arrive? “, trill.
The general secretary of the Liberal Party, Miguel Ángel Sánchez, joined in this questioning: “One more day of painful deaths, quarantines disguised as a curfew, police measures that restrict rights, and while everyone washes their hands. The most devastating thing, Colombia without vaccines! Until when so much announcement without results, “he wrote on the same social network.
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From the other side, the senator and doctor of the Green Alliance party Juan Luis Castro has been one of the parliamentarians who has asked for a clear explanation on this matter. “ATTENTION: a” Vaccination Plan “that does not have defined dates / actions, or budget, or details of the negotiated vaccines is a joke. It is equivalent to an invitation to a walk, of which it is not known when it will be, or how much it will cost , nor the destination to visit “, sentenced.
BEWARE: a “Vaccination Plan” that does not have defined dates / actions, or a budget, or details of the negotiated vaccines, is a joke.
It is equivalent to the invitation to a walk, of which it is not known when it will be, or how much it will cost, or the destination to visit.
– Juan Luis Castro C. (@JuanLuisCasCo) January 7, 2021
Some politicians have even asked the Ministry of Health for explanations through other mechanisms. Such was the case of the representative for the List of Decency María José Pizarro, who sent a right to petition to the Ministry of Health requesting that “Information on the acquisition of vaccines against covid is publicly known.”
As citizens, we demand that the Government make the information on the acquisition of vaccines against COVID publicly known:
Agreements, clauses and against benefits; Sources of funding; technical, economic and health criteria to define vaccination plan pic.twitter.com/YYZxJmjdrP
– María José Pizarro Rodríguez (@PizarroMariaJo) January 5, 2021
Faced with this, on several occasions the Government has mentioned that the doses would reach the country in the first weeks of this year; however, he has not mentioned an exact date.
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This Friday Ruiz pointed out that “In February the vaccines will arrive to start the plan” and said that the exact date would be released next week.
“Yes, sir, the vaccines will arrive in February to start the plan; what we have been very clear about is that we have not yet set the specific day. I hope next week to be able to announce it,” the head of the Health portfolio trilled.
Yes sir, the vaccines will arrive in February to start the plan, what we have been very clear about is that we still have not set the specific day. I hope next week to be able to announce it. https://t.co/vpQzO1B7cb
– Fernando Ruiz (@Fruizgomez) January 8, 2021
In this same sense, he added that “the arrival months of the vaccines have already been defined, but the specific immunization dates are pending scheduling, according to the agreement with the pharmaceutical industry.”
The months of arrival of the vaccines have already been defined, but the specific immunization dates are pending scheduling, according to the agreement with the pharmaceutical industry.
Once this information is obtained, it will be published on the website of @MinSaludCol.
– MinSaludCol (@MinSaludCol) January 8, 2021
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