Argentina on Thursday began distributing the first batch of more than one million doses of the Russian Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine produced domestically. The South American country announced in June that a local pharmaceutical company would manufacture the vaccine using an antigen provided by the Moscow-based maker of Sputnik. So far Laboratorios Richmond, the pharmaceutical […]
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In Latin American first, Argentina to produce Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine
Argentina will be the first Latin American country to produce Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, according to Russia’s RDIF sovereign fund, which financed the development of the shot. A deal to this end has been struck with Argentina’s Richmond pharmaceutical company, the fund announced on Tuesday. The vaccine technology has been transferred to Richmond and […]
Argentina detects first case of British virus variant
Argentina has detected its first case of a British-identified coronavirus variant that appears to be more infectious, authorities said Saturday. The infection was discovered in a man who arrived from Britain in Argentina in late December without symptoms of the disease. Authorities “detected the variant of SARS-CoV-2 from the United Kingdom in a traveler,” science […]
Deadly virus spread by RATS has killed 11 people in Argentina
Deadly and incurable virus spread by RATS has killed 11 people in an Argentinian town after an infected person ‘triggers an outbreak at a party’ Hantavirus has infected at least 29 people in the town of Epuyén, near Chile Six people showed symptoms after going to a party with the first person to fall ill […]