The United States began the vaccination campaign against COVID-19, which left a balance of nearly 300 thousand deaths in that country; while, in Latin America, Mexico is the only country that has approved vaccination so far.
Nurse Sandra Lindsay from the intensive care unit in Queens, New York, became the first American to receive the Pfizer vaccine on Monday. The Pfizer laboratory, associated with the German BioNTech, obtained emergency authorization from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the North American country.
According to information from international media, the distribution of vaccines against COVID-19 began over the weekend, which has a priority for health workers and residents of nursing homes. Vaccines should be available to everyone by mid-2021.
In the same way, Canada began on Monday to apply the vaccine against COVID-19 from Pfizer and BioNtech in its territory. The first to receive it were health workers in the city of Toronto, in the province of Ontario.
In the next few hours, the vaccine will be applied in Quebec, the country’s most affected territory, where nursing home workers will be prioritized.
Meanwhile, in Latin America, Mexico becomes the first country in the region to approve the Pfizer vaccine from the US pharmaceutical company to begin mass immunization.
Last Friday, the Government of Mexico reported that it will approve the use of the Pfizer vaccine to immunize the country. With the approval of the Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risks (Cofepris), 2.6 million Mexicans may be vaccinated before the end of December, according to the authorities’ forecasts.
Latin America and the Caribbean is one of the most affected regions in the world with 14 million infections and more than 400,000 deaths.
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