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Coahuila, the first state to vaccinate children from 5 to 11 years old against Covid

On May 2, truck transfers to the United States will begin so that minors can be immunized from regions such as Carboniferous, Center and Desert, where the municipalities of Sabinas, San Juan de Sabinas, Monclova, Frontera, Castaños, Juárez are located. , Candela, Hidalgo and Zaragoza.

In addition, efforts are being made to see if the vaccines can be applied in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, and if not, it would be in Piedras Negras.

The Secretary of Education of Coahuila, Francisco Zaracho Navarro, explained that extensive logistics are required for the transfer of minors since there are more than 500,000.

“We provide the foreign transport trucks, it is not just any unit. It goes through the girls and boys previously registered, there they are picked up accompanied by one of their parents to take them to vaccinate and then return them, ”she added.

So far, the hiring of trucks has been determined, and in the case of Laguna there is an estimate of 3,000 trips, with a cost of 18,000 each, which would give a total of 54 million pesos.

The governor of the entity, Miguel Ángel Riquelme Solís, called on the mayors to seek alternatives and transfer the children safely to the United States.

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