Vacunagate scandal and its possible impact on the vaccination against COVID-19 of health professionals in Peru

Abstract

The term “Vacunagate” was used by the different Peruvian media in allusion to one of the biggest political scandals in the United States in the 1970s that even caused the resignation of the North American president of that time. Vacunagate refers to the irregular vaccination processes carried out by high officials of the Peruvian State. It all began on February 10, 2021, when the Peruvian journalist publicly denounced in a television program that the ex-President of Peru along with his wife and brother had been vaccinated in irregular conditions in October 2020, including when clinical trials in the country were still under development...