Despite the recovery from Covid-19, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador commented that he was waiting for pandemic which, he pointed out, “It didn’t overtake us” and revealed that in February a batch of 870 thousand vaccines from the laboratory of AstraZeneca.
In a video broadcast on YouTube, the Chief Executive revealed that on February 10 the arrival of Pfizer vaccines will resume with another one million 500 thousand doses, so it is expected that in February it will arrive in Mexico around 6 million doses in total vaccines against Covid.
“I worked, I was very aware of all public affairs and very aware, especially of the pandemic. We try to continue the same strategy and consolidate what is a principle that no one lacks a bed and that there is no shortage of doctors, nurses and equipment and that there is no shortage of medicines in hospitals in Covid, that everyone is treated. Fortunately, they did not overcome the circumstance and we were able to witness them all, “he said.
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The federal president recalled that he spoke last Monday with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who offered to send 870,000 doses of Sputnik vaccines to Mexico by the end of next week.
“We solve the stock, with the vaccines, because in the end this is the most important thing, which will be able to ensure that this terrible pandemic does not continue to cause damage. So I dedicated myself to this, I talked to President Putin, who was very fraternal and offered to send us vaccines, Sputnik a vaccine that I produce, and these vaccines will arrive in a few days, I think because at the end of next week, those vaccines will start to arrive ”.
He indicated that 870 thousand vaccines were also obtained from the AstraZeneca laboratory in India and reported that by February 10, one million 500 thousand doses of Pfizer vaccine will arrive.
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“We also receive vaccines in addition to the agreement we have with them and that here in Mexico, these vaccines are being developed, are packaged, and we will bring them from India from the AstraZeneca laboratory. We will have about 870,000 doses by February, just like Sputnik, 870,000.
“We have already established communication with Pfizer, I do not know if I can tell you that I spoke with the Pfizer manager who promised to bring us forward, because it was suspended and it is very likely that from Monday, February 10, deliveries will resume,” they will be like one million 500 thousand doses ”.
President López Obrador said the UN vaccination mechanism had guaranteed that Mexico would have another 1,800,000 doses, adding that studies were about to be completed for the approval of the CanSino vaccine in Mexico.
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“Also, the mechanism created by the UN has guaranteed us that by February we will have 1 million 800,000 doses, to which we must add that we will already have by February, because the studies of the Cansino vaccine in Chinese laboratories are about completed We spoke with the Chinese ambassador to Mexico and are very willing to help us in this regard.
“So by February we will have around 6 million doses of vaccines and in March we will have double, 12 million doses, so I do not rule out that by the end of March we will have already been vaccinated, even with a the first dose for all the elderly in our country.
“You know why we should give preference to the elderly, because it has been shown that if we vaccinate the elderly, our respectable elderly reduce mortality through Covid by up to 80%, so we must give preference to the elderly. and the rest of the population has the patience that we want to have two and enough so that, as soon as possible, we can vaccinate all Mexicans as a universal and free vaccine against Covid-19, “he said.
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