The 140,000-dose announcement was made by the Alliance for Vaccination (Gavi). So far, health authorities have not made official the arrival of more vaccines.
An estimated 140,400 doses of the frozen antifreeze vaccine from the pharmaceutical company Pfizer-BioNTech have been allocated for El Salvador, the Alliance for Vaccination (Gavi) announced via its Twitter account.
These vaccines should be stored at a temperature of -70 degrees Celsius.
The arrival of the vaccines must take effect between April and June this year, the statement from the Assignment Round 3: Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine, April-June 2021, Which is on Gavi’s website.
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The third round of COVAX program allocations is already active and will benefit 47 participating countries, including El Salvador. In this third round it is estimated to distribute 14.1 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine that are scheduled to receive vaccines from April to June 2021, the report reiterates.
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The Government of El Salvador has not yet made the official announcement about the arrival of this third batch of vaccines given through COVAX.
According to the document, the third round of allocations was carried out according to the fair allocation mechanism for COVID-19 vaccines, through the COVAX Service, which was developed by the World Health Organization ( WHO) in consultation with its member states.
The allocation decision was based on the eligibility of countries that could receive products that required specific storage conditions and ultra-cold chain (UCC). For future Pfizer-BioNTech product assignments, participants who are determined to be eligible may change depending on, among other factors, UCC’s storage and handling capacity.
Part of the first batch of Pfizer pharmaceutical vaccines the country received on March 22nd. Photo EDH / Jonatan Funes
The Alliance for Vaccination, popularly known as GAVI, is an international association that aims to improve access to vaccines in developing countries, especially for children. This alliance is made up of public and private entities, including governments, agencies such as the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef), the World Bank, pharmaceutical companies, civil society and philanthropic foundations such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, one of the founding members of GAVI.
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The country has already received a first batch of 51,480 doses of deep-frozen vaccines, which entered on 22 March. With the new allocation, El Salvador would have received through the COVAX program 191, 880 doses of Pfizer vaccine.
According to information from the Gavi program, El Salvador will receive a total of 225,600 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine from February to May, so far, the Government has only received 33,600 doses of this pharmaceutical. That is to say, an estimated 192,000 from the UK pharmaceutical company are expected to arrive.
In total, the Government of El Salvador has so far received 1,203,600 doses of vaccines against COVID-19, according to official data, has received 85,080 doses given through the COVAX program, 20,000 doses has made a direct purchase from AstraZeneca , plus 1 million CoronaVac purchased in China and 150,000 donated by the Asian government.
So far, health authorities have not made official the arrival of more vaccines.