“There are vaccines”: AMLO announced that on Monday mass vaccination against Covid-19 in the elderly will begin

The President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, has announced from Oaxaca the start of mass vaccination against COVID-19 for the elderly.

“They have the vaccines that came at dawn and are leaving to continue to arrive, Tuesday, and they will not stop arriving so that the National Vaccination Plan does not stop, as we said, preference is given to the elderly, to those over 60 years old, to women and men, They will also finish vaccinating from next week, those waiting for the second dose of Pfizer vaccine “, said the Mexican president.

López Obrador pointed out that the elderly will begin to be vaccinated in 300 of the most remote and poorest municipalities in Mexico, he also said that with the delivery of a batch of Pfizer vaccines, this next Tuesday, the second dose will be applied to waiting health workers.

“The decision was taken to start in the most remote and poorest municipalities in the country, we are starting in 300 municipalities in the country With these characteristics, all the elderly in these municipalities will be vaccinated, the second component also vaccinated the elderly in the municipalities of the 32 states.

This is the plan, we want that by mid-April at the latest, adults over 70 years of age are already vaccinated with the first dose.

Also, as we know, we started by evacuating the health personnel, those who work, and we always thank them, as I mentioned. Most of them have already been vaccinated and, as I mentioned on Tuesday, a shipment from Pfizer is coming in and the vaccination will be completed; the following Tuesday, the same thing happens, and part is to complete the vaccination of health workers, and another part is for the national vaccination plan and the vaccination of the elderly. “, reported.

The Mexican president explained that from tomorrow they will start to apply 870,000 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine from Astrazeneca laboratories, in the 330 most marginalized municipalities in the country.

López Obrador indicated that the AstraZeneca vaccine, with which the elderly will begin to be vaccinated on Monday, is safe and poses no major risk, since the World Health Organization (WHO) has already issued a recommendation on said vaccine, where it is said that its use in the elderly is safe.

“The WHO has already issued a recommendation that this vaccine can be used without major risks,” he said.

López Obrador also asked the elderly to trust the vaccine.

“But tell the population, and in this case the elderly, to be vaccinated that they are not at risk, on the contrary it is to protect them, that all health protocols are followed to act responsibly by government and we will be very aware, ”he said.

External Relations Secretary Marcelo Ebrard reported that 870,000 Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines produced in India arrived in Mexico early in the morning of February 14 as part of the agreement signed with the laboratory to obtain the antidote against COVID-19.

870,000 AstraZeneca vaccines produced by Serum Institute in India have arrived. We particularly appreciate the support of the Government of India for the means made available to make this possible. Our gratitude.

This serious the seventh shipment that arrives at Mexico City International Airport (AICM) with vaccines to immunize Mexicans against COVID-19, a disease that has kept the country on health alert since February 2020.

In the first phase of vaccination, which began on Christmas Eve, it was planned to vaccinate some 750,000 medical staff who are on the front lines of the battle to deal with the coronavirus pandemic.

However, among other problems, delays in receiving the drug Pfizer has blocked the government from carrying out its plans, and despite being the first country in Latin America to launch vaccination, Mexico has one of the lowest per capita doses in the world.

But Pfizer will resume shipments of COVID-19 vaccines to Mexico on Tuesday, Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said, nearly a month after the company halted global shipments of the product.

Adults over 60, who represent 12% of Mexico’s 126 million people will be vaccinated between February and April, according to the government’s plan. From now on, it will be the turn of the rest of the population, in order of age, to finish with the youngest by March 2022.

So far, Mexico has purchased some 140 million vaccines; already It has received batches from Pfizer and BioNTech, Britain’s AstraZeneca and Chinese CanSino. In addition, it will have doses of Sinovac, Russian Sputnik V and is part of the COVAX platform, promoted by the World Health Organization (WHO).

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