The American Pharmacist Pfizer informed that it will submit to the approval of the Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risks (Cofepris) the use of its Covid-19 vaccine in minors between 12 and 15 years old, the Chancellor reported this Wednesday morning, Marcelo Ebrard.
I share with you the good news that Pfizer will submit the vaccine applicable to minors between 12 and 15 years of age for authorization by COFEPRIS in the next few days: pic.twitter.com/ElF9PSuhGv
– Marcelo Ebrard C. (@m_ebrard)
May 12, 2021
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In Mexico, 14 million 220,401 people have been vaccinated against Covid-19 with a half or full scheme of one or two doses depending on the type of vaccine that is applied. At the cut-off at 9:00 p.m. on Monday, May 10, 21 million 358,971 doses of the vaccines against Covid-19 from Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Sinovac, CanSino Y Sputnik V.
The United States Drug Agency (FDA) announced last Monday that it authorized the Pfizer / BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for minors between the ages of 12 and 15.
The measure is “an important step in the fight against the pandemic” and “allows a younger population to be protected against Covid-19,” said Janet Woodcock, acting head of the FDA, in a statement earlier this week.
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