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Updated April 22nd, 2021 at 03:53 IST

Spain announces donation of COVID vaccines

Spain announces donation of COVID vaccines

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STORY: Andorra Summit Speeches - Spain announces donation of COVID vaccines

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TYPE: Spanish/Natsound

SOURCE: SEGIB

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STORY NUMBER: 4322077

DATELINE: 21 April 2021 - Andorra la Vella/Havana/Buenos Aires

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Andorra la Vella, Andorra - 21 April 2021

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1. Various of summit

2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Pedro Sánchez, Spanish Prime Minister:

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"The government of Spain is deeply committed to the region in the fight against the pandemic. Access to the vaccines should be equal and universal. This is why in June, Spain adopted a plan of solidarity vaccines. In this sense, I would like to make an announcement. The government of Spain is going to make available to Latin America and the Caribbean between 5% and 10% of the total number of COVID vaccines that we will receive as a country in 2021. We estimate that this will be 7.5 million doses before the end of the year."

3. Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel on screen

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Havana, Cuba - 21 April 2021

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4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Miguel Díaz-Canel, Cuban President:

"From finding the first cases of COVID-19 in the country, we have five candidates for vaccines. Two of these, Soberana 02 and Adala, are in phase 3 clinical trials. We hope to have the entire Cuban population vaccinated by 2021 with our own vaccines."

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Andorra la Vella, Andorra - 21 April 2021

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5. Various of summit, person taking photos

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Buenos Aires, Argentina - 21 April 2021

6. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Alberto Fernández, Argentinian President:

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"The universial distribution of vaccines has a decisive role in the post-pandemic operation. The COVAX intiative – although valuable – is clearly insufficient and should be strengthened to beat the difficulties that we have experienced: developing countries and those with middle and low GDP. The improvement in the structures of a world health program should come from a reform of the system of preparation and readiness for emergencies of the World Health Organization."

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Andorra la Vella, Andorra - 21 April 2021

7. Plenary session applauding

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STORYLINE:

Spain will donate 5-10% of its coronavirus vaccines to countries in Latin America and the Caribbean this year, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced Wednesday.

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This is expected to amount to 7.5 million doses, Sánchez told representatives of 22 countries from across Latin America and Europe’s Iberian Peninsula at the Iberoamerican Summit in Andorra.

Latin America has suffered from the pandemic in a disproportionate way: its 640 million inhabitants are about 8% of the world’s population, but the region accounts for nearly 30% of confirmed global COVID-19 deaths.

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In a departure from previous absences from the summit by Cuban officials, President Miguel Díaz-Canel, who has been recently appointed First Secretary of Cuba's Communist Party, delivered a speech at the main plenary.

Díaz-Canel said that five vaccines were being developed in his country, of which two were in late-stage clinical trials.

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"We hope to have the entire Cuban population vaccinated by 2021 with our own vaccines," he said.

The summit was due to be held last year but was delayed in the hope of gathering the heads of state and government of the Spanish and Portuguese-speaking countries in person.

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But a recent surge in virus infections across the world has resulted in most leaders participating via video conference.

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Published April 22nd, 2021 at 03:53 IST

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