9,642 infections and 39 deaths are reported in 24 hours – El Financiero

In the last 24 hours, Mexico registered 9,642 infections and 39 deaths from COVID-19.

According to the technical report of the Ministry of Health, at the cutoff of this Saturday, June 18, the country accumulates 5 million 872 thousand 196 positive cases and 325 thousand 398 deaths by coronavirus.

The agency detailed that, to this day, 65,034 active cases of the virus have been detected, which are found predominantly in the following entities: Baja California Sur, Mexico City, Sinaloa, Quintana Roo, Yucatán, Nuevo León, Colima, Aguascalientes, Nayarit and Campeche.

Active cases are considered those positive that started symptoms in the last 14 days, allowing to identify where there is greater viral activity and increase in virus transmission.

In the last five weeks, most of the cases are present in the groups of 18 to 29 years, followed by the group of 30 to 39 years and 40 to 49 years.

Globally, in the last 24 hours, 609,158 cases and 1,444 deaths from coronavirus were reported. The global lethality is 1.2 percent.

EU authorizes Pfizer and Moderna COVID vaccine for children under 5

Las COVID vaccines from Pfizer and Modern for children under 5 years of age received this Friday the authorization of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA, for its acronym in English).

This means that nearly the entire American population will soon be able to protect themselves against illness caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

The FDA authorization allows the use of Pfizer’s three-dose vaccine for children six months to 4 years, made with German partner BioNTech, and Moderna’s two-dose vaccine for children six months to 5 years, he detailed. the agency.

Moderna’s COVID vaccine has also been licensed for use in children and adolescents ages 6 through 17. Until now, only the Pfizer vaccine was available for this age group.

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