US to send 2.5 million AstraZeneca vaccines to Mexico under loan program

The United States plans to send 2.5 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine available in Mexico under loan program: government official Biden.

American plans are still in progress developed and possibly an announcement in a few days: civil servant.

The vaccine doses will be delivered by the United States shortly, once the deal is sealed: Biden government.

Mexico’s Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Thursday that it is true that his country and the United States have a COVID-19 vaccine deal, after, citing a US official, Reuters released that the Latin American nation will receive 2.5 million AstraZeneca and Canada 1.5 million doses of drugs.

The United States plans to ship approximately 4 million doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine it is not using Mexico and Canada in loan deals with the two countries, a Washington official told Reuters on Thursday.

Mexico will receive 2.5 million doses of the vaccine Yes Canada will receive 1.5 million doses, assured the official.

“This virus has no borders”the official told Reuters on condition of anonymity. “We only leave the virus behind if we help our global partners.”

The Joe Biden government has come under pressure from allies around the world to share the vaccine, especially from AstraZeneca, which is licensed for use in other countries but not yet in the United States.

AstraZeneca has millions of doses manufactured at a facility in the United States and said it would have 30 million injections ready in early April.

The agreement to share the vaccine, which is still being finalized, does not affect President Biden’s plans to make the injection available to all adults in the United States by the end of May, said the manager. The deal is expected to be publicly announced in the coming days.

Two officials assured that the vaccine would be delivered in “not much time” once the deal was done, but they refused to give a more specific timeline.

“Releasable” vaccines are ready to use when they arrive. Under the agreement, the United States will now share doses with Mexico and Canada, with the understanding that the two countries will pay in doses in return. The official said it would take place later this year.

AstraZeneca’s vaccine is yet to be licensed in the United States, but the Biden administration is in a backlog as the company struggles to comply. an American order before possible regulatory approval.

The Ministry of Health reported on Thursday that since December 23, 2020, Mexico received 8.16 million covid-19 vaccines in 18 shipments, divided into 32 vols.

Mexico has committed 34.4 million doses of the American Pfizer vaccine, 79.4 million from the British AstraZeneca, 35 from the Chinese CanSino, 24 from the Russian Sputnik V, 20 from the Chinese Sinovac, 12 from the Chinese also Sinopharm and 51.4 from the World Health Organization (WHO) Covax platform.

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