Mexican citizens are traveling to U.S for get vaccinated against covid-19 in border cities. Thus, they are popularizing vaccination tourism among those who have the economic capacity to move and reside in that country for the time they receive both doses or among those who live in the border area and can cross legally.
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In Texas, California, and even Florida, vaccination tourism has been documented. (AFP)
Without the need to be residents or have dual nationality, some people with relatives or properties in that country and even those who have organized long vacations there, are taking advantage to get vaccinated due to the lack of certainty of the National Vaccination Plan in Mexico.
In Texas, California, and even Florida, vaccination tourism has been documented. In the vaccination modules of cities like McAllen, San Antonio, Houston or El Paso, in Texas, long lines have been observed, in which the majority are Mexican.
In social networks, Mexicans share the requirements by state to be able to be vaccinated in the United States. Some comments refer that it is only possible to get vaccinated if it is for health personnel, hospital patients or older adults. Others indicate that when they register they will be asked to prove that they have a property in that country.
Others say that simply by being in line for several days, they managed to get vaccinated.
In Texas, the most popular destination for vaccination tourism, the Department of Health Services reported that vaccinations are available for primary health care workers over 65 or those over 16 years of age with chronic diseases, as well as for pregnant women, regardless of nationality or immigration status.
MILENIO TV He obtained a vaccination record that was given to a Mexican older adult who managed to get vaccinated in Florida during his vacation when he visited his daughter who lives in that country. The card contains the vaccination date, the vaccine you received and the date of the second dose.
When registering, they did not ask for anything, they simply asked him to appear at the vaccination module on the indicated date.
The show host and journalist Juan José Origel, ran with the same fate. He reported that he had been vaccinated in the United States, because in Mexico they still don’t allow it.
Already vaccinated !! Thank you #usa How sad that my country did not offer me that security! ???????? ♂️ ???????? ♂️ ???????? ♂️ ???????? ♂️ ???????? ♂️ ???????? ♂️ ???????? ♂️ ???????? ♂️ ???????? ♂️ ???????? ♂️ ???????? ♂️ pic.twitter.com/W8o5pMeW4X
– Juan José Origel (@Pepillo_Origel) January 24, 2021
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Another Mexican who was vaccinated in the United States was the three-time mayor of San Pedro Garza García, Nuevo León, Mauricio Fernández. On January 21, he received the dose in Fresno, California.
In social networks, it has been invited to stop vaccination tourism, because if greater requirements are requested, undocumented migrants or vulnerable people in the United States could be affected.
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