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Peru: Pfizer's second COVID-19 vaccine batch arrives on March 11

Photo: ANDINA/Diffusion

13:02 | Lima, Mar. 5.

Health Minister Oscar Ugarte on Friday announced that the second batch of 50,000 doses of vaccines against COVID-19 from Pfizer pharmaceutical company will arrive in Peru next Thursday.

The high-ranking official indicated that the coming batch will be added to the 50,000 doses that landed in Lima last Wednesday and with which older adults will be vaccinated starting March 8.

"A new batch of 50,000 (doses) is arriving next Thursday; therefore, it will be added to the 50,000 with which we are starting (the process); from there, every week 50,000 will arrive. So, by the end of March, we will have 250,000 doses from Pfizer, followed by 800,000 in April," he said in remarks to America Noticias.

The Cabinet member pointed out that this Monday older adults and front-line personnel of the armed forces and national police will be simultaneously immunized against the coronavirus.

When asked if the contract for a second batch of China's Sinopharm laboratory has already been signed, the minister said administrative steps are being completed, adding that there were delays not only in Peru, but also in the country of origin.

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Publicado: 5/3/2021