CITY OF MEXICO (apro). – #President #Andrs #Manuel #Lpez #Obrador announced that around a million vaccines against covid-19 will arrive in #January.
#In his morning press conference, he explained that on #January 4, 53 thousand vaccines destined for medical personnel in the states of the country will land; while on the 11th of the same month, 436,800 doses will arrive in #Mexico; plus a second shipment with more than 436,000 vaccines, scheduled for #January 25.
#Said #Doses will be produced by #Pfizer and #BioNTech #Pharmaceuticals.
#That’s not all, well from #January to #March they will also begin to receive part of the 8 million vaccines of the #Modern company #It only consists of one application and does not require such low temperatures, so that this vaccine would be applied to the second priority group consisting of older adults.
#Later, care will be given to the chronically ill, while the next vulnerable group to receive the vaccine will be the educational personnel of the states in green that return to face-to-face classes in the following months.
#In this sense, López #Obrador made a call for the health personnel of the country to join the medical brigades to care for covid-19 patients.
#On the other hand, the president decided cancel your usual trip to #Palenque, with the aim of attending the health emergency.
“I have already made the decision that I am not going to leave at the end of the year, we are going to stay here, we are not going to leave anymore because we are expanding the number of beds and equipping hospitals in #Mexico #City to care for the sick, we have availability, but we don’t want to trust ourselves, “he added.
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#AMLO #anticipates #million #vaccines #arrive ##Mexico ##January #cancel #trip ##Palenque