The health authorities of Baja California will resume this Tuesday the vaccination of adults over 60 years in the city of Tijuana, after the weekend did the same with just over 45 thousand people who came to the different vaccination centers against COVID-19.
This Monday a shipment of 84 thousand doses from the Sinovac laboratory arrived in said border city to continue with the vaccination this Tuesday and Wednesday, reported the Baja California Ministry of Health.
It is expected that 14 vaccination points will be enabled, three of them, for vehicles. The hours of operation will be from 8 in the morning to 5 in the afternoon.
Vaccination campaign in Tijuana. Some centers vaccinate people in the car.
(Courtesy of the BC Health Secretariat)
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Vaccination points with Vehicle access will be:
- Chevron Stadium, Mission of Santo Tomás, Infonavit Capistrano neighborhood.
- Autonomous University of Baja California (UABC), Otay campus, Avenida Universidad # 14418.
- Monumental Square, Avenida Paseo Playas de Tijuana # 551.
Pedestrian access:
- Lázaro Cárdenas Federal High School, Paseo de los Héroes extension # 11161. Access both by Zona Río and by boulevard Aguacaliente.
- UTT, Tijuana-Tecate free highway, kilometer 10, El Refugio subdivision.
- Technical High School # 34, Sainz Canyon.
- Miguel F. Martínez Elementary School, Avenida Miguel F. Martínez # 7500, Downtown.
- cbtis 155, avenida de la Paz. Colonia El Rubí.
- Ramón López Velarde Elementary, Tijuana street # 5, El Tecolote neighborhood.
- Secondary 9, Green Valley.
- cbtis 237, on the way to Mitla and Ruta Vicente Guerrero, Mariano Matamoros.
- Agustín Yáñez Elementary, Cruz del Sur, Sánchez Taboada.
- Elementary Boys Heroes, Álvaro Obregón Dam, Rodríguez Dam.
- cbtis 146, Baja California Norte Park # 751, Beaches, Costa Hermosa.
To receive the vaccine, the INE credential, driver’s license, INAPAM card or passport, in addition to the CURP, can be shown as identification, health authorities indicated.
It is estimated that about 160 thousand adults over 60 years of age reside in Tijuana, of which, between 20 and 30 percent have said that they do not want to be vaccinated, anticipated Alonso Pérez Rico, Baja California’s Secretary of Health.
There is also a percentage, although authorities could not confirm a number, of Tijuana residents with dual nationality who may have already been vaccinated in neighboring San Diego County. Others did the same in other municipalities such as Tecate and Rosarito.
Tijuana, the most populous municipality in the state —And of the country— was the last in the region to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. It is estimated that, in total, more than 194 thousand older adults have already been vaccinated in Baja California.
The Health Jurisdiction confirmed that this weekend foreigners living in Baja California were also vaccinated, both Americans and of other nationalities, although a figure was not given.
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Foreign nationals must show any identification showing their age, as well as proof of address.
Pérez Rico urged those who have already received the vaccine not to lower their guard and maintain health recommendations, such as the use of face masks and avoid crowds.
“Right now is the time to take care of ourselves even more,” reiterated the official before the possibility of a third wave of infections.
He said that a “historic” vaccination day is anticipated with the intention of immunizing the majority of older adults in the state.
“We said that we were going to vaccinate 43 thousand people and some people did not believe us, it is not normal for a state to throw a massive (center) in one working day, we throw ourselves five massive in one day.”
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