Argentina keeps calling for free access of vaccines
By Estudio Chaloupka
In February 2021 Argentina’s President Alberto Fernández held a video conference with his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, where they discussed the epidemiological situation in their countries, the restrictions to control the spread of COVID-19, the new variants of the virus and the vaccination process.The presidents agreed on the need to increase production of vaccines as a universal good, in order to guarantee access for developing countries. Both stated they will press the issue in the Group of 20 major economies to which Argentina and France belong. Recently Fernández also received support on the matter from his Mexican counterpart Andrés López Obrador.
Fernández and Macron also talked about working on a common position in the G20 regarding the debt problem of countries and to achieve a more equitable production and distribution of vaccines.
