The National Minister of Health, Carla Vizzotti, celebrated this good news and pointed out that the country will end 2021 with all its population over three years of age covered and protected, adding that they have enough to start this vaccination and complete the vaccination schedules.

Vizzotti explained that the vaccination schedules for children and teenagers will be completed with Sinopharm and Pfizer vaccines, between 21 and 28 days interval between the first and second application.

Anmat’s approval was granted after Phase 1 and 2 clinical trials, with studies in China and the United Arab Emirates. The Argentine president, Alberto Fernandez, pointed out in a message on Twitter, that the nation has a stock of almost 10 million doses of this vaccine to start immunizing Argentine children. One more reason to celebrate after so much collective effort, he said.

This southern nation has advanced since last June with accelerated steps in the immunization program and is approaching 70 million acquired doses of different vaccines to inoculate more than 45 million Argentinians.

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