Sheinbaum will receive the flu vaccine at the end of the conference

National / National / By: Staff NotiGape

Published: November 5, 2024 | 10:51 A.M

President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo was vaccinated against the flu this Tuesday at the end of her morning conference at the National Palace.

“We will get the vaccine (…) Right now he is against the flu, he has recommended the doctors,” the president joked with a smile, before he received the vaccine as part of the campaign vaccination that started on October 15 and will end on March 28, 2025.

It is worth mentioning that two nurses from the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) introduced her at the National Palace.

From October 15, 2024 to March 28, 2025, the Ministry of Health, in coordination with the sector’s institutions, launched the National Vaccination Campaign against Influenza and COVID-19 for the Winter Season 2024.

The organization expects that 36 million 134 thousand 272 flu vaccines will be applied and 22 million 931 thousand 444 doses against COVID-19, to the population belonging to sectors with a higher risk of complications, hospital and mortality from these diseases.