Argentine President Alberto Fernández tests positive for Covid-19 after Sputnik vaccine

Argentine President Alberto Fernández tests positive for Covid-19 after Sputnik vaccine

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In a series of tweets On Friday night – his birthday – the Argentine president said that fever and mild headaches led him to be tested.

“I am already isolated and complying with the current protocol and following the instructions of my personal doctor,” he said. “I have contacted the people I have met over the past 48 hours to determine if it is close contact.”

An antigen test, followed by a PCR test, confirms his Covid-19 diagnosis according to the weekend Fernández’s medical team. The 62-year-old leader’s health remains ‘stable, asymptomatic, with parameters within normal ranges’, they said.

At the end of December, Argentina became the first Latin American country to distribute the Sputnik V vaccine, with the purchase of up to 25 million doses. Fernández received his first dose of the vaccine on January 21, and his second in February, a press officer from the presidential Casa Rosada said.

It is possible to become infected and test positive for Covid-19 after being vaccinated. Although vaccination reduces the likelihood of disease – especially severe cases – it is still unclear to what extent each coronavirus vaccine prevents all infections.

The Russian Gamaleya Institute, which developed the Sputnik V vaccine, wished Fernández strength and emphasized the high protection of the shot against serious diseases.

“We are sad to hear that. Sputnik V is 91.6% effective against infection and 100% effective against severe cases. If the infection is confirmed and prevented, the vaccination will ensure a speedy recovery without any serious symptoms. We wish you ‘ fast recovery !, “read a message Sputnik V’s official Twitter account, with reference to rates published in February in the medical journal The Lancet.
Argentina’s initial vaccination campaign was accompanied by a scandal, after revelations that a group of about 70 people had early access to vaccines, which led to the then Minister of Health Ginés González García resigning.

Fernández defends his own early vaccination as necessary and appropriate, he told the press during a trip to Mexico at the end of February, although he acknowledged that the so-called ‘GDP vaccinations’ took place under ‘irregular circumstances’.

“The media in Argentina places Alberto Fernández among the people who received the vaccine inappropriately, but I had to get the vaccine because the Argentine media said that the Russian vaccine could not be trusted. I had to appeal the trust of the citizens,” he said.

With only 1.5% of the country’s population now fully vaccinated, the Argentine government remains up to date. Last week, the country suspended all incoming flights from Brazil, Chile and Mexico due to the increasing cases of Covid-19 in those countries, according to the Argentine state news agency Telam. Flights from the UK have also been suspended.

As of Sunday, Argentina had confirmed more than 2,383,000 cases of Covid-19 and 56,106 deaths due to the virus.

Fernández tweeted about his diagnosis on Friday and called on the country not to let his guard down. “It is clear that the pandemic has not passed and that we must continue to take care of ourselves,” he wrote.

According to CNNE’s Ana Cucalon from Atlanta, Claudia Rebaza from CNN from London, Ivan Pérez Sarmienti from Buenos Aires, Jaide Garcia from Bogota and Karol Suarez from Mexico City.

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