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Coronavirus: vaccines that will arrive in the country

Coronavirus: vaccines that will arrive in the country

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Created by: Top Doctors editorial
Edited by: TOP DOCTORS® at 03/12/2020

The country has an agreement with the vaccines of AstraZeneca, Russia and Pfizer, with those of Johnson & Johnson and Sinopharm nothing has yet been agreed.


AstraZeneca Vaccine (AZD1222)

- Developed by the University of Oxford and produced at the mAbxience Laboratory in Argentina. Mexico will be in charge of packaging the vaccine and completing the production process

- It is made from a genetically modified chimpanzee adenovirus

- 2 intramuscular doses are applied with a difference of 28 days

- It was the first vaccine to be accepted by the European Medicines Agency (EMA), a European medical regulatory entity

- Argentina will receive more than 22 million doses in the first half of 2021

- The cost will be between 3-4 dollars


Sputnik V vaccine

- Conducted at the Gamaleya Research Institute of Russia

- It uses two human adenoviruses as vectors, one different in each dose, which are applied with a difference of 21 days

- Argentina will receive 25 million doses

- It will cost approximately $ 19.95


Pfizer Vaccine

- Uses innovative technology called messenger RNA

- 2 doses are applied with a separation of 28 days

- Requires conservation at less than 80 degrees

- Argentina will receive 3 million doses

- It will cost $ 19


Janssen vaccine

- Made by the pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson

- Uses a human adenovirus, which is used for vaccines such as Ebola

- It is administered in an intramuscular dose

- It will cost approximately $ 37


Sinopharm vaccine

- Chinese vaccine that uses the inactivated virus, a killed version of the gene that does not cause infection, but generates antibodies


The Government asks that preventive measures be continued while a vaccine arrives in the country. Before any medical consultation, you can use e-Consultation, the Telemedicine service to hire a Specialist by private chat or Video Consultation.

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