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Despite the fact that President Iván Duque promised to start the vaccination plan on February 20, the vaccines have not yet arrived and the concern of citizens increases.
In line with this, it became known in the last hours that there is a confidentiality agreement between the two countries for the Russian vaccine Sputnik V to arrive in Colombia. This was confirmed by the secretary of the Russian Embassy in Colombia, Leonid Sboiko, that ensures that one process is carried out with Invima, and the other with the Ministry of Health to agree on how many quantities will arrive.
“That is under review now by the technical team of the Ministry of Health and this told us that they have two or three weeks for that,” said Sboiko, quoted by El Tiempo.
According to the same newspaper, the authorization and the arrival of the first doses of the vaccine would be given next March. Nevertheless, This is subject to the amount requested by the National Government.
“As soon as everything is ready from the documentary point of view, after two weeks 100,000 doses could arrive. A week later, another 100,000 doses and then 200,000 doses. So on ”, the Russian diplomat told the same newspaper.
Russian Sputnik V vaccine: how effective is it?
The Russian vaccine against coronavirus is one of the most effective currently in the world. The prestigious journal The Lancet highlighted it as being almost 92% effective against the disease.
According to this medium, if 2 doses of Sputnik are applied, an efficacy of 91.6% can be achieved against symptomatic disease; a protection that is very similar in people over 60 years old and rises to 91.8%.
With EFE.
