What contained the alleged Sputnik vaccines seized in Campeche: FGR still does not receive information from Cofepris

By a declaration, Attorney General’s Office (FGR) said it is still awaiting results the Federal Commission for the Protection against Health Risks (Cofepris), on the contents of the containers confiscated in the state of Campeche, which supposedly contained russian vaccines Sputnik brand.

The 17th of March Customs staff assigned to Campeche state confiscated 62,000 Russian anti-covid vaccine containers; the seizure was carried out “at 08:00, the pilot of a Cessna plane, avoided the inspection of a cooler which, once verified, the said containers were found in a double bottom inside”, explained the parquet. Seven people of Honduran nationality were transported on the plane.

By not having the legal certainty of the contents of the containers, the Customs staff made the containers and the plane available to the prosecution for investigation, in addition, an immigration alert has been requested for the pilot and passengers at National Institute for Migration (INM).

The FGR reported that the Hondurans were in a hotel in Campeche, but escaped surveillance and left before getting a response from Cofepris.

“Cofepris requested more information, which was sent to it on March 21; and, to date, the opinion of the Cofepris expert on the content of these containers has not been received at the Public Prosecutor’s Office ”, he underlined.

The prosecution said that as soon as the results of Cofepris are obtained, it will proceed according to the law. Noted that no sector of the institution has come under pressure from the federal or local government.

On his official Twitter account, Cofepris has expressed its willingness to put all its technical, scientific and supervisory resources into research. “We are maintaining our direct communication channel with the GRF to respond to this request.“Did he declare.

Likewise, the director of epidemiology, José Luis Alomía Zegarra, declared that “theCofepris is currently actively participating and this at the request of the Public Ministries (MP) and the FGR. Their intervention was necessary for a technical contribution on the subject, to work together on the investigation ”.

Alomía Zegarra explored this the population should not be fooled by acquiring vaccines through the private sector, since the government authorities are the only ones to count the treaties and the real doses.

“We cannot be fooled by the offer of an alleged vaccine, which was obtained by private means,[..] because it will surely be a hundred percent lie and it will also put the health of the person at risk. If not through the National Immunization Strategy, at officially identified points and vaccines that have reached the country so far, we do not ask or allow someone to give us a different vaccine ” , said the director.

About this report, the official website of the The Mexican government has indicated that getting vaccinated in any condition not authorized by the health ministry poses a serious health riskbecause it is illegal, irregular and a questionable product.

He warned the population not to “be fooled, lThe application of the preventive vaccine against COVID-19 is free and is only applied in accordance with the national vaccination policy against the SARS-CoV-2 virus, created by the Ministry of Health ”. In addition, he clarified that the the vaccine is neither sold nor imported by private companies.

“If you know an establishment: hospital, doctor’s office, pharmacy or any other point of sale who offers these products, do the health problem on the following website: https://www.gob.mx/cofepris/acciones-y-programas/denuncias-sanitarias, ”he said.

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