CDMX vaccination: AstraZeneca will be applied in municipalities where Sputnik V was exhausted

This Saturday the Government of Mexico announced that in the Miguel Hidalgo, Benito Juárez, Gustavo A. Madero and the mayors of Tláhuac I know they sold Russian biological vaccines Sputnik-V. For this reason will start to apply AstraZeneca.

In a statement, the government of the capital said that despite the fact that the vaccines were exhausted, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, head of government, calls for more vaccines from the government of Mexico. This is to serve the sector of the population aged 18 to 29 and comply with demand.

“Given the demand, we asked for more vaccines and these are the vaccines that would be our turn next week. to continue the vaccination program for young people and in this case they gave us AstraZeneca and that is why this rebranding of the vaccine, ”he explained to the office.

The president of the capital explained that this situation occurred because the vaccination day was attended by young people from municipalities other than those called and even from the State of Mexico.

However, this has only been applied in municipalities that have had the Russian injection, while municipalities that have Sinovac still have the opportunity to attend.

” Especially, in Preparatoria 5 vaccination campuses (Tlalpan), National Institute of Genomic Medicine – INMEGEN (Tlalpan) and Sports Palace (Iztacalco) there is still availablity organic SinovacThe official message said.

Finally, the government of the capital asked young people of the aforementioned ages to respect the seat and the vaccination schedule assigned to them. This in order to avoid exceeding inoculation capacity and agglomerations caused by waiting.

For his part, last Friday, Sheinbaum Pardo made a similar request via his Twitter account and said there was no need to worry because everyone will be vaccinated in due course.

“Message to young people aged 18 to 29: I ask you to please help us to respect your residence to go get vaccinated. Everyone will be vaccinated, but keeping order is very important. This way we avoid long queues and don’t exceed the daily demand for vaccines, ”he shared on Friday.

This Friday, July 30, they reported clashes and demonstrations around macro-vaccination centers against COVID-19 of town hall Gustavo A. Madero, in Mexico City, due to the fact that people of different points of the capital or other states of the Republic to ask to be vaccinated.

According to eyewitness accounts, on the campus of the National Preparatory School 9 of the UNAM, located in Insurgentes Norte, it was reported the arrival of some people who do not live in the demarcation and who have asked to be vaccinated, fact that generated disagreement among the participants. This situation led the headquarters organizers to prevent access and the waiting time in the queue will be extended.

CDMX authorities have reported that due to the limited number of vaccines, those who wish to be vaccinated are currently required to must present INE and he must specify his membership of the corresponding town hall, otherwise, they will not be allowed to access the inoculation.

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