Tag: Ginés González García

• Tuesday, February 23rd 2021 - 08:53 UTC

  Argentina publishes the VIP list, who received preferential Covid-19 vaccine treatment

  

  The Argentine government has published a list of 70 influential figures, mostly politicians and close friends and family members, who have received preferential vaccine Covid-19 treatment, at the Posadas Hospital in Buenos Aires.

• Monday, February 22nd 2021 - 08:55 UTC

  “Gines was a great minister, but what he did was unforgivable”, Argentine president

  

  Argentine president Alberto Fernandez blasted his former health minister, and close friend, Gines Gonzalez García over an “unforgivable” coronavirus vaccine scandal, in quotes published on Sunday.

• Sunday, February 21st 2021 - 22:11 UTC

  Argentine new Health minister guarantees fairness in access to Covid-19 vaccines

  

  Argentina has a new Health Minister Carla Vizzotti, who was sworn in on Saturday after the country was rattled by a scandal over VIP coronavirus vaccine access. The incoming official pledged to strengthen oversight and transparency of the inoculation program.

• Saturday, February 20th 2021 - 09:42 UTC

  Argentine health minister resigns over VIP vaccination scandal eroding public trust in the inoculation program

  

  Argentina's current Deputy Health minister Carla Vizzotti, will be appointed Minister on Saturday following the Friday resignation of Ginés González García, who had organized at the ministry a VIP Covid-19 vaccination hall for government officials, friends and family.

• Thursday, December 24th 2020 - 08:50 UTC

  Argentina authorizes Sputnik V vaccine; first batch of 300.000 doses expected on Thursday

  

  Argentina's health ministry said on Wednesday it has given the controversial Russian Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine “emergency” authorization, making the country the first in Latin America to do so. The first shipment of the total 25 million doses of the vaccine bought by the Argentine government is due to arrive on Thursday.

• Thursday, December 17th 2020 - 10:18 UTC

  Argentina and UK hosted seminar on access to Covid-19 vaccines in Latin America and the Caribbean

  

  Argentina and the UK hosted a virtual seminar on access to vaccines in Latin America and the Caribbean addressing the portfolio of emerging vaccines against COVID-19, the challenge of equitable distribution and how best to tackle vaccine disinformation.

• Wednesday, December 16th 2020 - 09:48 UTC

  Argentina has 1,510,203 Covid-19 positive cases and a death toll of 41,204

  

  Argentina on Tuesday reported 6,981 new COVID-19 cases, bringing its national tally to 1,510,203, said the Ministry of Health. The ministry also said that 165 more patients died of the disease, raising the nationwide death toll to 41,204.

• Monday, June 15th 2020 - 07:45 UTC

  Argentina without football any time soon because or resurgence of Covid 19 cases

  

  Football in Argentina will not return any time soon as the country grapples with rising Covid-19 infections, according to health minister Gines Gonzalez. Organized sport in Argentina has been suspended since mid-March and there has been no indication of when it might resume, reported the local media.

• Saturday, April 4th 2020 - 08:08 UTC

  World Bank US$ 35 million emergency loan for Argentina to combat coronavirus

  

  The World Bank Board of Directors today approved a US$ 35 million emergency loan to support the Argentine government efforts to minimize the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the health system through the procurement of medical supplies and equipment. This financing forms part of a World Bank fast track package of up to US$ 14 billion to help countries cope with the health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Tuesday, March 10th 2020 - 08:15 UTC

  Coronavirus cases in Argentina climbs to 17; minister admits the virus arrived faster than expected

  

  Argentina's health ministry announced on Monday five new confirmed cases of coronavirus, taking the total number to 17. All of them were described as imported cases since they involved people who arrived from overseas. They include a patient in Buenos Aires City, two from Chaco province, one from San Luis and the fifth in Patagonia Rio Negro province.