In a letter posted on Twitter, He, Inez Gonzalez Garcia said that individuals were able to sidestep proper procedure for vaccines due to quote unintended confusion in his office while he was away.

在Twitter上發佈的一封信中，他，Inez Gonzalez Garcia說，個人能夠繞過疫苗的適當程序，由於報價無意的混亂，在他的辦公室，而他不在。

But a veteran journalist told a local radio station that he received a shot after speaking directly with the minister, just one of the least 10 people reported to have received a vaccination without following the procedure.

但一位資深記者告訴當地一家廣播電臺，他在與部長直接對話後接受了注射，這只是據報道，至少有10人沒有按照程序接種疫苗的其中之一。

Two presidential sources say President Alberto Fernandez demanded Garcia's resignation following the reports.

兩名總統消息人士稱，報道後，總統阿爾貝託-費爾南德斯要求加西亞辭職。

The scandal shines a spotlight on fears over the region's corruption is well as access to vaccines, which are in short supply.

醜聞使人們對該地區腐敗問題的擔憂成為焦點，也使人們對供應不足的疫苗產生了擔憂。

Earlier this month, Peru's health and foreign ministers quit after reports of hundreds of Peruvian officials receiving vaccine doses outside of clinical trials.

本月初，祕魯衛生部長和外交部長辭職，因為有報道稱祕魯數百名官員在臨床試驗之外接受疫苗劑量。

Since December, Argentina has been using Russia's Sputnik V vaccine to inoculate frontline health workers.

自12月以來，阿根廷一直使用俄羅斯的 "斯普特尼克五號 "疫苗為一線衛生工作者接種。