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The president of Argentina, Alberto Fernández, who completed the Sputnik V vaccination against covid-19, announced on Friday (Saturday morning in mainland Portugal) that he has tested positive for a rapid antigen test for the detection of the SARS virus. CoV-2, having decided to preventively isolate themselves.
“I wanted to tell you that, at the end of today, when I had a fever of 37.3º and a slight headache, I did an antigen test, which was positive,” wrote the Argentine head of state on the social network Twitter .
Alberto Fernández, who turned 62 on Friday, added that, although he was still waiting for the confirmation of the PCR test, he decided to isolate himself preventively, “following the current protocol and following the [seu] personal doctor ”, but assured that he is well.
“I am physically well and, although I would have liked to end my birthday without this news, I am also in a good mood,” he wrote.
Fernández received the first dose of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine on January 21, having subsequently completed the vaccination schedule with the second dose.
The Russian center in charge of creating the vaccine regretted this Saturday that the president of Argentina had tested positive and wished him a speedy recovery.
“We are saddened by what happened. Sputnik V is 91.6% effective against infections and 100% effective against severe cases. If the infection is confirmed, vaccination guarantees a quick recovery without serious symptoms, ”the Gamaleya Center for Microbiology and Epidemiology of the Russian Ministry of Health wrote on Twitter.
Argentina, with a population of 45 million, began the vaccination campaign against covid-19 in late December.
The government has decided to give priority to the administration of the first dose of the drug, having deferred the second dose for three months, for all types of vaccines, according to the Spanish news agency Efe.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, Argentina has accounted for more than 2.3 million confirmed cases and about 56 thousand deaths, according to the count by the US Johns Hopkins University.
The country registered a peak of infections in October last year, with 18,326 cases, with the number of infections reduced until March, when the current upward curve began.
