Individuals sit after receiving a dose of AstraZeneca coronavirus illness (COVID-19) vaccine throughout a mass vaccination in Monterrey, Mexico August 5, 2021. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril
MEXICO CITY, Oct 30 (Reuters) – Mexico’s well being ministry mentioned it had on Saturday obtained practically 6 million AstraZeneca vaccine doses in opposition to COVID-19 as strain grows on the federal government to widen its vaccination roll-out to incorporate youngsters.
The cargo of 5,993,700 doses adopted the arrival of virtually 6.5 million Sputnik V vaccine doses on Tuesday, simply the 2 greatest vaccine consignments Mexico has obtained, in keeping with knowledge on the ministry’s web site.
Mexico has absolutely vaccinated in opposition to COVID-19 round 56 million individuals, or over 43% of the inhabitants, in keeping with Our World in Knowledge, a analysis group at Oxford College.
The federal government has but to undertake a broad inoculation program for youngsters, saying solely that it might vaccinate as much as one million aged between 12 and 17 deemed to be at excessive danger.
Nonetheless, media reported this week {that a} courtroom had ordered well being authorities to offer extra vaccinations to youngsters aged 12-17 simply as different nations achieve this.
Individually, the well being ministry reported 3,478 new confirmed coronavirus instances and 325 extra fatalities, bringing Mexico’s total demise toll from the pandemic to 288,276 and the full variety of instances to three,805,765.
Officers have mentioned the ministry’s figures doubtless characterize a big undercount of each COVID-19 instances and deaths.
Reporting by Dave Graham; Enhancing by Sonya Hepinstall and Daniel Wallis
Our Requirements: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
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