By denying that there is a vaccination crisis in Mexico Hugo López-GatellUndersecretary for Prevention and Health Promotion accused that there is a campaign of disinformation synchronized by some media.
In a press conference from the National Palace, the official indicated that the news that highlights a budget reduction for the purchase of biologists of more than 50%, are supposedly false because he maintained that general vaccination is almost 37%, while the reduction It is in the field of Covid-19, since it has improved people’s immunity.
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When presenting the Pulse of Health, he announced that in 2022, the expenditure exerted for the purchase of doses of general diseases was 2.12 million pesos and increased to 3.25 million in 2023. On the other hand, in 2022 the expenditure on vaccines against Covid-19 it was 28.1 million, but this year it will only be 10.6 million.
He also pointed out that three years after the first case of coronavirus in Mexico, there is a downward trend in infections and indicated that in the last eight weeks the occupancy of general and intensive care beds has remained stable, with very few people hospitalized.
