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The Health Secretary reported on Wednesday night that the booster vaccination against COVID-19 for teachers it will be delayed, therefore, in the next few days the new inoculation date will be announced.
Through a statement, the federal agency He explained that the shipment with biologics from the modern pharmaceutical company will be delayed due to winter storms in the United States.
“Regarding the booster vaccination of educational personnel scheduled to start on Saturday, January 8, it is reported that due to weather conditions in the United States, the shipment will arrive in our country late and the new start date for the immunization will be announced. ”, He detailed.
This week, the Secretary of Health, Jorge Alcocer Varela, announced that this Saturday, January 8, the reinforcement vaccination period for 2.7 million teachers would begin.
Health reported that to date 191 thousand 455 new vaccines were applied, so that the total number of people with at least one dose It amounts to 149 million 574 thousand 164, which represents 88 percent of the population.
There are 82 million 114 thousand 490 Mexicans vaccinated so far, of which it is estimated that 72 million 979 thousand 978 have the complete vaccination scheme, being the equivalent of 90 percent of people vaccinated.
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