COVID-19 vaccination in Mexico

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COVID-19 vaccination in Mexico
DateDecember 24, 2020 (2020-12-24) – present
Location Mexico
Cause COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico

COVID-19 vaccination in Mexico is an ongoing immunization campaign against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), in response to the ongoing pandemic in the country.

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Background

COVID-19 vaccine vials being made ready for delivery at a vaccination centre in Mexico Vacunacion contra COVID 01.jpg
COVID-19 vaccine vials being made ready for delivery at a vaccination centre in Mexico

By September 25, 2021, Mexico had administered a total of 97,523,789 doses (74.87 vaccine doses per 100 people), with 54,275,054 residents having received at least one dose and 43,248,659 residents fully vaccinated. [1] Mexico has purchased 310.8 million vaccines doses which covers 141.2% of its population. [2]

Wealthy Mexicans were reported to travel to the neighbouring United States for receiving their vaccinations. [3] In March, the White House announced that four million of doses of COVID-19 vaccines manufactured in the United States will be sent to Mexico. [4] [5]

In a survey conducted in March 2021, 52% of the Mexicans said that they were willing to get vaccinated against COVID-19, 20% said they were not sure and 28% said they would not get vaccinated. [6]

On 20 April 2021, President López Obrador televised himself receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine. [7] [8]

National vaccination plan

The National vaccination plan against COVID-19 has been planned as below in Mexico: [9]

Some Mexican states allowed grocery store workers, first responders, and teachers to get vaccinated around the Spring of 2021. [12]

Vaccines on order

NOT UPDATED SINCE APRIL 2021 - Mexico has contracted 79.4 million doses of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine, 35 million doses of the CureVac vaccine, 22 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, 39 million doses of the Moderna vaccine, 10 million doses of the Novavax vaccine, 34.4 million doses of the BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine, 24 million doses of the Sputnik V vaccine, 35 million doses of Convidecia, 12 million doses of the Sinopharm BIBP vaccine and 20 million doses of CoronaVac. [2] 3,305,000 doses of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine have been delivered through the COVAX mechanism, [13] a global initiative that aims at equitable distribution for Covid-19 vaccines. Moreover, the United States have sent 2.5 million doses of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine to Mexico. [14]

The following vaccines are authorized by the Mexican government for use against COVID-19 (approval date in parentheses): [9]

VaccineApproval [15] Deployment
Pfizer–BioNTech Green check.svg December 11, 2020Green check.svg December 24, 2020
Oxford–AstraZeneca Green check.svg January 4, 2021Green check.svg Yes
Convidecia Green check.svg February 8, 2021Green check.svg Yes
Sputnik V Green check.svg February 9, 2021Green check.svg Yes
CoronaVac Green check.svg February 9, 2021Green check.svg Yes
Covaxin Green check.svg April 6, 2021Dark Red x.svg Not yet
Janssen Green check.svg May 27, 2021Green check.svg June 17, 2021 [16]
Moderna Green check.svg August 17, 2021Green check.svg Yes
Sinopharm BIBP Green check.svg August 27, 2021Green check.svg Yes
Abdala Green check.svg December 28, 2021Dark Red x.svg Not yet

Vaccines in trial stage

VaccineType (technology)Phase IPhase IIPhase III
Novavax SubunitGreen check.svg CompletedGreen check.svg CompletedGreen check.svg Completed
GRAd-COV2 Viral vectorGreen check.svg CompletedGreen check.svg CompletedIn progress
Patria Viral vectorGreen check.svg CompletedGreen check.svg CompletedIn progress
Quivax 17.4 [17] In progressDark Red x.svg Not yetDark Red x.svg Not yet

Manufacture and distribution of vaccines in Mexico

The Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Marcelo Ebrard, released the details of the agreement between the government of Mexico, Argentina, the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca and the Carlos Slim Foundation to produce and distribute the vaccine developed by the University of Oxford. [18]

The strategy to distribute the vaccine in Latin America, the product manufactured in the Argentine mAbxience laboratory, will be transferred to the Mexican facilities of the Liomont laboratory, which will be in charge of completing the stabilization, manufacturing and packaging process of the vaccine. The COVID-19 vaccine from the pharmaceutical company CanSino Biologics will be packaged in Querétaro, after the company requested from COFEPRIS, authorization for its emergency use of its vaccine. [19]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "COVID Vaccinations in the Americas > Country/Territory Details > Mexico". Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). Archived from the original on June 2, 2021. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Timeline: Tracking Latin America's Road to Vaccination". AS/COA. Archived from the original on June 2, 2021. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  3. ↑ LINTHICUM, KATE; HENNESSY-FISKE, MOLLY (March 31, 2021). "With Mexico's vaccination program lagging, wealthy Mexicans are flocking to the U.S." Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on April 25, 2021. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
  4. ↑ "US to send 4m vaccine doses to Canada and Mexico". BBC News. March 18, 2021. Archived from the original on April 25, 2021. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
  5. ↑ Kitroeff, Natalie; Abi-Habib, Maria; Kanno-Youngs, Zolan; Tankersley, Jim (March 18, 2021). "U.S. to Send Millions of Vaccine Doses to Mexico and Canada". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 25, 2021. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Mexico ramps up vaccinations as COVID deaths top 200,000". www.aljazeera.com. Archived from the original on April 25, 2021. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
  7. ↑ "Lopez Obrador gets COVID jab: 'It protects us all'". www.aljazeera.com. April 20, 2021. Archived from the original on April 20, 2021. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  8. ↑ Jeong, Sophie; Fox, Kara; Pearce, Nicholas (April 20, 2021). "Mexican president will livestream getting vaccinated to reassure the country of its safety". CNN. Archived from the original on April 20, 2021. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  9. 1 2 "Mexico: The Latest on COVID-19 and Vaccination Measures". The National Law Review. Archived from the original on April 25, 2021. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
  10. ↑ "Anuncia gobierno de México que comenzará a vacunar a todos los jóvenes de 15 años en adelante". aristeguinoticias.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on November 16, 2021. Retrieved November 16, 2021.
  11. ↑ "México iniciará la vacunación de niños de 5 a 11 años contra la covid-19". elpais.com (in Spanish). June 15, 2022. Archived from the original on July 8, 2023. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
  12. ↑ "Gobierno publica guía de vacunación COVID para menores; contempla 44 padecimientos". www.animalpolitico.com (in Spanish). September 29, 2021. Archived from the original on September 30, 2021. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
  13. ↑ "Arrival of COVID-19 vaccines to the Americas through COVAX - PAHO/WHO | Pan American Health Organization". www.paho.org. Archived from the original on June 2, 2021. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  14. ↑ Kitroeff, Natalie; Abi-Habib, Maria; Kanno-Youngs, Zolan; Tankersley, Jim (March 18, 2021). "U.S. to Send Millions of Vaccine Doses to Mexico and Canada". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331. Archived from the original on April 25, 2021. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  15. ↑ "COFEPRIS emite autorización para uso de emergencia a vacuna contra covid-19 a las siguientes vacunas". www.gob.mx (in Spanish). Archived from the original on July 31, 2023. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
  16. ↑ "Inicia hoy vacunación en Baja California para todos los mayores de 18 años". Gobierno de México (in Spanish). June 17, 2021. Archived from the original on June 24, 2021. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
  17. ↑ "Vacuna Quivax 17.4 de la UAQ avanza a fase preclínica". eleconomista.com.mx (in Spanish). June 15, 2022. Archived from the original on June 20, 2022. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
  18. ↑ de 2021, 21 de Enero (January 21, 2021). "Así es el laboratorio mexicano que envasará la vacuna Oxford - AstraZeneca para su distribución en toda América Latina". infobae (in European Spanish). Archived from the original on July 27, 2021. Retrieved July 27, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  19. ↑ "Envasarán vacuna contra COVID-19 en Querétaro". AM Querétaro (in Spanish). February 6, 2021. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
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