Mexico City Applies 15,979 Doses of Covid-19 Vaccines in Prisons and Juvenile Centers

The Ministry of Health (Sedesa) of Mexico City applied 15 thousand 979 doses of Rather against Covid-19 in prisons and specialized centers for teenagers offenders. According to the agency, on March 10, 114 doses of the biological Abdala were applied in the Center for the Execution of Penal Sanctions North Male; 591 doses in the Men’s Center for Penitentiary Security I and 560 doses in the Men’s Center for Penitentiary Security II.

While on March 10 and 17, 5,820 people imprisoned in the North Male Preventive Prison. Meanwhile, on March 13, around 60 reinforcement doses were applied in the Center for the Execution of Penal Sanctions for Male Oriente. At the same time, in the South Male Preventive Prisoneducational sessions on prostate cancer were provided, 93 psychological consultations and tetanus toxoid vaccines were applied, measles y rubella.

In the following days, the application of vaccines against Covid-19 continued. From March 15 to 16, 1,734 were inoculated women deprived of liberty in Women’s Center for Social Reintegration Santa Martha Acatitla. In the other prisons, dental consultations, cybertherapy sessions, counseling on nutrition and detection of diabetes e arterial hypertension. In addition, vaccinations against hepatitis B and the pneumococcus.

According to the Ministry of Health, 3 thousand 303 medical attentions were granted and 2 thousand 540 were delivered condoms persons deprived of their liberty in said prisons and specialized centers for adolescents. Through a statement, the Sedesa highlighted the importance of protecting the entire population. “With these actions, the commitment to guarantee the right to health in a free, dignified and quality manner is endorsed.”