COVID-19 vaccination in Mexico
Date | December 24, 2020 | – present
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Location | Mexico |
Cause | COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico |
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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.
Background[edit]
By the beginning of June 2021, Mexico has administered 21.9 vaccine doses per 100 people which equals a total 28,506,527 doses.[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 USA 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[edit]
The National vaccination plan against COVID-19 has been planned as below in Mexico:[9]
- December 2020 - February 2021 : Health workers dealing with COVID-19
- February - April 2021 : Other health workers and people 60+ years of age
- April - May 2021 : People 50-59 years old
- May - June 2021 : People 40-49 years old
- June 2021 - March 2022 : People 19-39 years old (children under 18 are exempted from vaccination)
Vaccines on order[edit]
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 the CanSino vaccine, 12 million doses of the Sinopharm vaccines and 20 million doses of the Sinovac vaccine.[2] 3,305,000 doses of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine have been delivered through the COVAX mechanism,[10] 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.[11]
The following vaccines are authorized by the Mexican government for use against COVID-19 (approval date in parentheses):[9]
Vaccine | Approval | Deployment |
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Pfizer–BioNTech | December 11, 2020 | December 24, 2020 |
Oxford–AstraZeneca | January 4, 2021 | Yes |
Sputnik V | February 2, 2021 | Yes |
Cansino | February 9, 2021 | Yes |
Sinovac | February 9, 2021 | Yes |
Covaxin | April 6, 2021 | Not yet |
Johnson & Johnson | May 7, 2021[12] | June 17, 2021[13] |
Vaccines in trial stage[edit]
Vaccine | Type (technology) | Phase I | Phase II | Phase III |
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Johnson & Johnson | Viral vector | Completed | Completed | Completed |
Novavax | Subunit | Completed | Completed | Completed |
Sputnik V | Viral vector | Completed | Completed | Completed |
CureVac | RNA | Completed | Completed | In progress |
Patria | In progress | Not yet | Not yet |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the Americas". ais.paho.org. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
- ^ a b "Timeline: Tracking Latin America's Road to Vaccination". AS/COA. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
- ^ 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. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
- ^ "US to send 4m vaccine doses to Canada and Mexico". BBC News. March 18, 2021. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
- ^ 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. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
- ^ "Mexico ramps up vaccinations as COVID deaths top 200,000". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
- ^ "Lopez Obrador gets COVID jab: 'It protects us all'". www.aljazeera.com. April 20, 2021. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
- ^ Jeong, Sophie; Fox, Kara; Pearce, Nicholas (April 20, 2021). "Mexican president will livestream getting vaccinated to reassure the country of its safety". CNN. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
- ^ a b "Mexico: The Latest on COVID-19 and Vaccination Measures". The National Law Review. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
- ^ "Arrival of COVID-19 vaccines to the Americas through COVAX - PAHO/WHO | Pan American Health Organization". www.paho.org. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
- ^ 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. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
- ^ "El Comité de Moléculas Nuevas de COFEPRIS informa sobre los resultados de votación para la vacuna COVID-19 (AD26.COV2-S [Recombinante])". www.gob.mx/cofepris (in Spanish).
- ^ "Inicia hoy vacunación en Baja California para todos los mayores de 18 años". www.forbes.com.mx (in Spanish).