Mexico receives Oxford Astrazeneca COVID-19 vaccine
Mexico has received a consignment of 870,000 doses of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine injections from India.
2024-07-07 15:29:12

Mexico and Argentina have an understanding with AstraZeneca to provide the vaccine for the eventual delivery of 250 million doses in the Latin America region, with economic support from the founding of Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim.
Mexico began vaccinating health workers in December but struggled to reach its targets amid global shortages and delays in Pfizer's vaccine.
According to Johns Hopkins University, the country reported nearly 1.98 million COVID-19 cases and more than 173,000 coronavirus-related deaths. This is the third-highest number of deaths in the world after the United States and Brazil.Mexico will then vaccinate adults over 60, a group that represents 12 percent of Mexico's nearly 130 million people, between February and April.
"The vaccinations already available, and they will not stop coming so that the national treatment plan does not stop," President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador told a news conference in the southwestern state of Oaxaca.
The country has so far received only 1,636,350 vaccine doses, as per the government data, but has arrangements for millions more, including China's CanSino and Russia's Sputnik V vaccinations.
It accepted the active component for two million doses of the CanSino vaccine on Thursday. In addition, Mexico has secured enough vaccines to cover 20 percent of its population through the global COVAX program, which aims to ensure that developing countries have access to vaccines, though those are yet to begin.
Monika Walker is a senior journalist specializing in regional and international politics, offering in-depth analysis on governance, diplomacy, and key global developments. With a degree in International Journalism, she is dedicated to amplifying underrepresented voices through factual reporting. She also covers world news across every genre, providing readers with balanced and timely insights that connect the Caribbean to global conversations.
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