This Saturday, the health authorities applied 24,976 new doses of the vaccines against COVID-19, the Ministry of Health indicated.
With that, the total rose to the 2 million 765 thousand 805, reported José Luis Alomía, general director of Epidemiology.
The official explained that 586 thousand 18 health workers They have already received the two doses of the vaccine against the new coronavirus.
The Ministry of Health began this Saturday the distribution of the 800 thousand vaccines against the SARS-CoV-2 virus that arrived in the second shipment from the pharmaceutical company Sinovac.
The doses will be distributed in the 32 entities of the Mexican Republic.
On the other hand, the Government of Mexico City announced that vaccination against the new coronavirus will continue next week in the Azcapotzalco and Miguel Hidalgo mayors.
Older adults who registered on the platform mivacuna.salud.gob.mx they will receive the vaccine designed between Pfizer and BioNTech. That dose uses messenger RNA technology.
Authorities plan to vaccinate 165,556 older adults between March 8 and 16.
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