Mexico "COVID-19 Vaccinations Starting from the 24th"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Eunbyeol] Mexico will begin administering the COVID-19 vaccine jointly developed by Pfizer and BioNTech starting on the 24th (local time).

According to AFP and other sources on the 23rd, Hugo L?pez-Gatell, Deputy Minister of Health of Mexico, announced on Twitter, "The first shipment of Pfizer vaccines arrived today, and vaccinations will begin on the 24th."

The initial vaccinations are expected to be given to frontline medical personnel in Mexico City and Coahuila. Earlier, Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard announced that an agreement had been reached with Pfizer to import a total of 34.4 million doses of the vaccine.

Mexico has also completed purchase agreements for 35 million doses of the Chinese CanSinoBIO vaccine and 77.4 million doses of the British AstraZeneca vaccine. Additionally, Mexico plans to secure 51.6 million doses through COVAX, the global vaccine procurement and distribution initiative led by the World Health Organization (WHO) and others.

According to official statistics, 1.33 million people in Mexico have been infected with COVID-19 so far, and 119,495 have died.

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