Tegucigalpa, Honduras. (…)
After the officialization from the Presidential House of the purchase of lots of Russian vaccine anticovid-19 Sputnik V, Minister of Finance, Marco Midence, I assured on Thursday that 4.2 million doses will be purchased at a price less than $ 10.
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Honduras and Russia reached an agreement in the last hours, following confirmation by the country’s ambassador, Alexander Nikolaevich Khokholikov, at the Presidential House with the Honduran President, Juan Orlando Hernandez.
Honduran authorities have stressed in recent hours that 160,000 doses of Sputnik V will arrive in the country in March. They indicated that the contract is being reviewed with analysts from Secretary of Health (Regret).
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“The Russian ambassador confirmed to us that in a few hours today or at the latest tomorrow, a direct purchase contract will be closed to have vaccines against covid-19 in Honduras,” Midence said in a press release in the company of the general coordinator. of the government, Carlos Madero.
The official reported that negotiations between the Honduran government and Russian vaccine suppliers have begun September 29. An application was filed in January and in February 25 This was accepted and the purchase of the drug was made official.
THE GOVERNMENT HAS RESOURCES TO BUY
Midence, in his appearance, assured that the central government has the budget for the acquisitions to be made directly by Health.
Honduras, he said, will receive a lot of vaccines from two different pharmaceutical companies as doses of Covax will arrive in the country in the weeks of March to be initially immunized. 2.4 million citizens.
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The government official stressed that Russia just sell them US at a standard price. He added that “there is no speculation about prices; this is with the money of the Honduran people.”
Finally, he announced this Honduras will enter into agreements with other global pharmaceutical companies seeking more batches of vaccines to immunize the population.