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Peru's Health Min: Negotiations to acquire further COVID-19 vaccines move forward steadily

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Photo: ANDINA/Ministry of Health of Peru

18:40 | Lima, Jul. 9.

Health Minister Oscar Ugarte on Friday commented that negotiations with various pharmaceutical companies to acquire new COVID-19 vaccine batches are progressing in a sustained manner.


Concerning the latter, the Cabinet member said the General Directorate for Medicines, Input, and Drugs (Digemid) has already verified all the information and studies related to it.


"The signing of the contract with Johnson & Johnson will be completed shortly. At the beginning of negotiations, they had offered 5 million vaccines, which would arrive in the country during the second half of this year," he told RPP TV and radio station.

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Published: 7/9/2021