Government says it leaves 20 million doses of vaccines contracted to fight COVID-19 | Politics News

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In addition, there would be $ 298 million in approved funding from the IDB and the World Bank for the rest of the contract payments.

A total of 20,097,155 doses of vaccines against COVID-19 are also employed with advances paid by the current Government; with funding approved by $ 298 million ($ 148 million from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and $ 150 million from the World Bank) for the remaining payments of the signed contracts and to purchase several doses, as appropriate.

That, according to the information he provided her on Monday Vice President of the Republic, María Alejandra Muñoz, al Vice President-elect Alfredo Borrero, during a dialogue at the beginning of the government transition.

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During the dialogue, Muñoz highlighted the “correct decision” of the Government to buy vaccines directly from laboratories, without intermediaries, in order to avoid, according to her, that in Ecuador there is a black market for vaccines and vaccine counterfeiting.

In this way, the laboratory Pfizer exceeds the doses contracted with 5,999,955, of which it is estimated that 1,101,910 doses will be received by the Government by next month. Meanwhile, in June, the new government will receive 543,110 doses; and the remaining 4,354,935, then according to a program that will have to be presented by the laboratory in the coming weeks.

Follow him Covax facility with 7´057.200 of the contracted doses, of which 756,000 will be delivered by next month; 379,080 by June; and the remaining 5,922,120 later.

With Astrazeneca a total of 5,040,000. The first 200,000 will be received by May, 410,000 in June; and 4,430,000 in the coming months.

Sinovac with 2 million contracted doses completing the list, the doses will be completed by next month.

Ecuador will receive one million doses of vaccines from the Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinovac

He added that open dialogues are maintained with Moderna and Johnson & Johnson laboratories, always ensuring that vaccines have the approval of international health organizations.

In May, there will be transitional sessions between the current negotiating team and the government negotiating team, with the manufacturing laboratories contracted by Ecuador, which will be chaired by the Vice-Presidency of the Republic.

The dialogue between Muñoz and Borrero included other topics, such as progress in the fight against chronic child malnutrition (DCI), trade facilitation and agreements for international recommendations on children’s health.

Presentation of the main results of Post-disaster social and economic impact assessment of covid-19 (PDNA) between the National Government and the United Nations Program, the European Union and the World Bank.

In addition, the issue of children with catastrophic illnesses was addressed. Ecuador registers around 23,000, being 70% affected by different types of cancer.

At this time, the outgoing Vice President stressed the need to continue the implementation of international agreements signed during his time with the Clinic of the University of Navarra, Pamplona Spain, San Juan de Dios Hospital in Barcelona, ​​Spain, Bambino Gesú Pediatric Hospital, Rome, and St. John’s Research Hospital Jude Children, from the United States, to increase the survival rates of childhood cancer in Ecuador, which is well below the average of the most developed countries.

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