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President Duke on his television show ” Prevention and Action ” this wednesday reported the number of 7,787 new infections, 190 deaths and a total of 610,078 recovered in Colombia, as a result of COVID-19.
For his part, the Minister of Health and Social Protection, Fernando Ruiz Gómez, referred to how Colombia formally entered to the scheme of the global COVAX coalition where the separation and potential acquisition of vaccines will be made.
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” 89 countries in the world made the decision to participate in the COVAX mechanism for joint purchases of vaccines, these belong to nine projects in development that are the most advanced so far and that include the best-known brands ”, indicated the head of the Health portfolio.
These laboratories would be generating the vaccine probably in the second or third quarter of 2021.
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“For this process, it was necessary for Colombia to express its willingness to become part of the mechanism in a non-binding manner and then in a binding manner within a period that expires next Friday.Ruiz Gómez said.
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According to the official, after consulting with the Government, academia, scientific societies, unions, among others, the decision was made to become part of this mechanism.
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” Faced with this, the decision was made to become part of the COVAX mechanism, to express our willingness to participate and to buy an important number of vaccines in order to have the possibility of a lower risk in terms of vaccine purchases ”added the Minister of Health.
Finally Ruiz Gómez highlighted that this decision does not mean that vaccines will not be purchased by other mechanisms additionally.
