TEGUCIGALPA.
Government of Honduras yesterday reviewed the details of the contract sent by The Russian Federation which will be used to purchase 4.2 million doses of Sputnik V vaccine to immunize more than 2.1 million Hondurans against covid19.
Minister of Finance, Marco Midence, reported that the Russian contract was already in Honduras, but that it had not been signed and expressed to the Honduran people that together with Alba Consuelo, Minister al Secretary of HealthThey were reviewing the contract and that everything was fine. Midence also pointed out that it works with Superior Court of Accounts (TSC), which together with National Convergence Forum (Fonac) are supervisors of the acquisition process.
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41.8 about a million dollars will be paid by the Honduran government to purchase the 4.2 million doses. |
Sanitary Regulatory Agency (Arsa) has validated the Russian vaccine and has the support Extended immunization program (PAI) and the National Advisory Council on Immunization.
Minister Health He said they would soon announce the national immunization schedule.
As negotiated by Finance, a batch of 160,000 doses of vaccines is expected for March to immunize about 80,000 health care workers who are at risk of infection with the virus.
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Sputnik V 1- It was the world’s first registered vaccine based on a proven platform based on human adenoviral vectors. More than 31,000 volunteers participated in the post-registration clinical trial in Russia. |
Carlos Madero, the general coordinator of the government, reported that by the end of this month it is likely that there will be a combination of deliveries, on the one hand 48,000 vaccines of the Covax mechanism and, on the other hand, the first batch of Sputnik V vaccines.
Madero reported that the price at which each dose of vaccine is purchased is less than $ 10 (L241), so the total price for immunization of each Honduran would reach L482 to make a total of 1,011 million lempiras (41.8 million). dollars) when purchasing 4.2 million doses.
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92% of effectiveness is the Sputnik V vaccine, as reported by the scientists who developed it. |
Madero stated that, for reasons of confidentiality, I still cannot disclose the exact price of vaccine, up to The Russian Federation he allows.
“The price is universal, it does not vary in any country in the world. A standard price has been set, regardless of the volume of vaccines to be purchased, “he added.
coordinator government thanked the management Marco Tulio Medina, Franciso Herrera and the Government of Nicaragua for the country to have access to the vaccine. “It is essential for Hondurans, it means being able to return to the normalcy that was before,” he added.