Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
After the officialization by the Presidential House of the purchase of batches of the Russian anticovid-19 vaccine Sputnik V., the Minister of Finance, Marco Midence, assured that Thursday 4.2 million of doses will be purchased at a price less than $ 10
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Honduras and Russia reached the agreement in recent hours, after confirmation by that country’s ambassador, Alexander Nikolaevich Khokholikov, in the presidential house, together with the president of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernandez
Honduran authorities have stressed in recent hours that 160,000 doses of Sputnik V will reach national territory in March. The contract, they indicated, is being reviewed with analysts from Health Secretary (Mourn).
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“The Russian ambassador has confirmed to us that a direct purchase contract will be concluded in a few hours today or tomorrow at the latest to have vaccines against covid-19 in Honduras,” Midence said during a press appearance in the company of the general coordinator. minister. from the government, Carlos Madero
The official reported that negotiations between the Honduran government and the suppliers of the Russian vaccine have begun September 29An application was submitted in January and the February 25th This was accepted and the purchase of the drug was formalized.
THE GOVERNMENT HAS MEANS TO PURCHASE
Midence made sure in his appearance that the central government has the budget to buy directly from Health.
Honduras, he said, will receive a lot of vaccine from two different pharmaceutical companies as doses of Covax will arrive in the country in the weeks of March to initially immunize 2.4 million citizens
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The government official emphasized that Russia only sells them U.S at a standard price. He added that “there is no speculation with prices; this is with the money of the Honduran people.”
Finally he announced it Honduras will negotiate agreements with other global pharmaceutical houses in search of more batches of vaccines to immunize the population.