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Argentina on Saturday surpassed 77,000 deaths from COVID-19, the Ministry of Health reported. With 416 more deaths in the past day, the death toll reached 77,108 and another 29,841 new cases were also recorded, bringing the total caseload to 3,732,263. A total of 366,688 people are in the active stage of the disease and 6,909 patients are currently hospitalized in intensive care units. According to the Public Vaccination Monitor, since December 29, 12,063,160 doses of vaccine have been administered in the country. Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Roberto Salvarezza said on Saturday that the country is going through a crucial moment of the pandemic. Speaking to CNN radio, Salvarezza estimated that vaccinations for people at higher risk could be completed next month.
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Argentine scientists are working with state funding to develop a vaccine against the novel coronavirus, Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Roberto Salvarezza said Thursday.
Minister Roberto Salvarezza For a few months we have been supporting the work of two laboratories the National University of Litoral and the National University of San Martin, which in conjunction with National Council for Scientific and Technical Research, are developing a vaccine based on the use of a recombinant protein, Salvarezza told local radio.
It is a different strategy from the one used by the different vaccines available so far, and consists of a protein-based inoculation to spark the body s production of antibodies, said Salvarezza.