:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/2HKKLX4GK5GZLP2QDCC6QDNM2I.jpg "One million 980 thousand AstraZeneca vaccines against COVID-19 arrived in Mexico")
After last Monday February 28 Mexico received the largest shipment of AstraZeneca, which contained 14 million 38 thousand 500 vaccinesarrived at the International Airport of Mexico City (AICM) a new batch with one million 980 thousand vaccines, which were acquired by the Covax mechanism. The pharmaceutical company has delivered a total of 107 million 330 thousand 800 dosesamong those packaged and in active substance to our country.
The Ministry of Health assured that shipment number 30 arrived at 2:52 a.m. this Friday at the AICM “Benito Juárez” on flight AMX26 from Amsterdam, likewise, 48 elements of the Mexican Army, 16 troops and personnel from Birmex transferred and they secured the vaccines to the assigned warehouses for later review. In addition, he stressed that in the national territory the Liomont laboratory has packaged 42 million 966 thousand 100 biologicals from AstraZeneca.
Until this Friday, March 4, Mexico has received 163 million 520 thousand 095 doses of vaccines Pharmaceutical packaging: Pfizer-BioNTeCH, Astrazeneca, Sinovac, Gamaleya National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology, CanSino Biologics, Johnson & Johnson, and Moderna. Therefore, from December 23, 2020 to today, Mexico has had 220 million 511 thousand 035 biologicals available. Also, the Ministry of Health highlighted that 189 shipments have been received on 203 flights.
Last week, the CDMX Government confirmed that the AstraZeneca vaccine was exhausted in the application of the booster dose in people between 18 and 29 years old, for which several young people were vaccinated with the biological Sputnik-V. Being that previous days it was allowed to choose between both vaccines.
Given this, the citizens of the capital denounced that the Center for Naval Studies in Health Sciences (Cencis Marina) would apply the biological only when presenting their passport, otherwise the dose would be denied. So that Eduardo Clark, General Director of Digital Government of the Digital Agency for Public Innovation (ADIP) of Mexico City, emphasized that the measure was decided since the reinforcement contemplates the application of the Sputnik dose.
The official highlighted in various media that the measure is an additional requirement to ensure that the person requests the AstraZeneca vaccine as a reinforcement to make a trip, because if only the official identification were presented, it would not be possible to differentiate whether it would be a personal preference. have the biological
Likewise, the capital government announced that last Tuesday, March 1 macro vaccination centers against COVID-19They will remain open throughout the month. “Two vaccination macrocenters continue, the Cencis Marina and the Arms Room. It is very important for those who did not get their first, second or third dose vaccinated. They will remain open throughout the month of March”, confirmed the Head of Government, Claudia Sheinbaum.
In addition, Eduardo Clark confirmed that a survey will be carried out on the availability of biologicals, criteria, and groups in each of the locations so that people go to the location that facilitates them the most, so it is necessary to confirm that the care plan is adequate to be vaccinated.
The care plan for the Laggards contemplates people over 18 years of age, first and second dose with Sputnik-V. First and second doses for youth 15 to 17 years old, first and second doses for adolescents 12 to 13 years old with comorbidities, and second doses with Pfizer, AstraZeneca, and Sinovac. The venues are: Sala de Armas in the Iztacalco mayor’s office and CENCIS Marina in the Coyoacán mayor’s office.
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