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the Government of Honduras yesterday reviewed the details of the contract sent by the Russian Federation which will serve for the acquisition of 4.2 million doses of the Sputnik V vaccine to immunize more than 2.1 million Hondurans against the covid19.
The Minister of Finance, marc Midence, Reported that the Russian contract was already in Honduras, but that it had not been signed and expressed to the Honduran people that next to Alba Consuelo, Minister of the Secretary of Health, They were reviewing the contract and that everything was in order. Midence also noted that it is working in conjunction with the Superior Court of Auditors (TSC), which next to the National Convergence Forum (Fonac) are suppliers of the acquisition process.
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41.8 approximately $ million will be paid by the Honduran government to acquire the 4.2 million doses. |
the Health Regulation Agency (Arsa) validated the Russian vaccine and has the support of the Extended Program of Immunizations (PAI) and the National Immunization Advisory Council.
The Minister of Health he expressed that they will soon be announcing what the national immunization schedule will be like.
As negotiated by FinanceA batch of 160,000 doses of vaccine is expected for March, to immunize some 80,000 health workers who are at risk of infection with the virus.
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Sputnik V 1- It was the first vaccine registered in the world 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, General Coordinator of 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 vaccines V.
Madero reported that the price at which each dose of vaccine is being purchased is less than $ 10 (L241), so the total price to immunize each Honduran would be close to L482 to make a total of 1.011 million lempiras ( $ 41.8 million) upon acquiring the 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 expressed that for reasons of confidentiality they still cannot reveal the exact price of the vaccine, Until the Russian Federation allow it.
“The price is universal, it does not vary in any country in the world. A standard price was set regardless of the volume of vaccines to be purchased,” he added.
The coordinator of Government thanked the management of Marc Tulio Medina, Franciso Herrera and the Government of Nicaragua for the country to have access to the vaccine. “It’s essential for Hondurans, it means being able to get back to the normalcy that was there before,” he added.