The Truth Behind the Alleged Sale of Pfizer Vaccines in “El Chopo” Laboratories

In the last hours Information regarding the sale of Pfizer vaccines circulated on social networks at branches of Laboratorios “El Chopo” in Mexico.

Even among internet users it was spread that the price of the vaccine was 2,700 pesos and could be purchased at the following site: https: //vacunación.elchopo.mx/.

Faced with this situation, the verification team Infobae Mexico, in order not to fall into fraud or to provide personal data, informs you that this news is completely false, because no vaccine for COVID-19 is sold to individuals or companies, so far it can only be purchased by governments.

After the publication of this so-called Fake News, The “El Chopo” laboratories were the first to position themselves in this regard and to clarify the situation, and also recalled that vaccines are administered in Mexico according to the National Vaccination Plan of the Ministry of Health (SSA).

“We would like to inform you that the information circulating on the sale of vaccines from the Pfizer / BioNTech march for COVID-19 at the Laboratorio Médico del Chopo, is completely false”, exposed in a press release posted on their social networks.

Of the same shape, Pfizer Mexico has also released statements in which it delineates the action and states that the vaccine is not for sale in any private channel.

“The Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine for COVID-19 is currently not for sale on a private channel. We have detected some non-Pfizer sites and phone numbers where the vaccine is offered for sale by third parties. This information is false ”, It is read in a press release published on January 14 of this year.

The pharmaceutical company reiterated its commitment to dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic and He said the administration of the vaccine is based on the Mexican government’s national immunization plan.

These alerts made by El Chopo and Pfizer join those of the Federal Commission for the Protection against Health Risks (Cofepris), during the illicit sale of an alleged COVID-19 vaccine from the AstraZeneca laboratory.

“Any vaccine against COVID-19 offered for sale on internet pages, social networks, by telephone, pharmacies, hospitals or points of sale constitutes a health risk because of dubious origin”, Cofepris detailed in a press release.

He also said that if the people are offered the sale of the alleged vaccine, they should not buy it, because at the moment in Mexico the sale in the private sector is not allowed, in addition to society AstraZeneca, SA de CV does not recognize any intermediary for this purpose.

Until, Mexico’s COVID-19 vaccine repertoire consists of five. Those of CanSinoBio and Sinovac joined Pfizer-BioNTech, AstraZeneca and Sputnik V for use in an emerging way.

In context, The Ministry of Health (Ssa) has confirmed that the Federal Commission for the Protection against Health Risks (Cofepris) has authorized the emergency use of the CanSino and Sinovac vaccines.

Hugo López Gatell, Undersecretary for Prevention and Health Promotion, He explained that the organization led by José Alonso Novelo issued the approval of the two vaccines on Tuesday evening.

The COVID-19 vaccine from CanSinoBio has been shown to be 65.7% effective in preventing mild symptomatic cases, as well as 90.98% in the face of serious symptomatic images. For its part, Coronavac is 50.38% effective.

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