Ministry of Health has vaccinated 78% of Mexicans

The Ministry of Health reported in its latest update on the pandemic that 69.72 million people over the age of 18 have been vaccinated have at least one dose. That is, 78% of the total adult population, almost a week before the end of October. And it is that the Government of Mexico, headed by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) promised to vaccinate, at least with one dose, all Mexicans of legal age, anticipating that by Tuesday 26 would have reached the goal. During the last day of vaccination, 486,395 doses were applied, adding up to 113.96 million biologics supplied among the country’s population in Mexico. Read more: Pfizer says its vaccine is 90% affective in children between 5 and 11 years old This Friday, President Andrés Manuel, again demanded that the World Health Organization (WHO) soon certify the anti-covid vaccines not yet accepted by the agency but that have already been applied “massively”. In his daily press conference, the president insisted that the WHO must approve the remaining vaccines, such as the Russian Sputnik V, which has already been applied to millions of people. Between Sunday and Wednesday, Mexico received 9.3 million doses, the largest supply since vaccines began arriving in the country. Since the end of December 2020, 136.4 million doses of the Anglo-Swedish vaccines AstraZeneca, the Russian Sputnik V, the American Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson and Moderna have arrived in Mexico, in addition to the Chinese CanSino and Sinovac.The Mexican Government estimated that by the end of October it could reach 120 million doses received, but it has already passed that goal and expects that before the end of 2021 it will receive a total of 150 million dose. Covid in Mexico The Ministry of Health of Mexico reported this Friday 284 new deaths from covid-19 for a total of 285,953 deaths, in addition to another 4,653 new cases to reach 3,777,209.With these data, Mexico remains the fourth country with the most deaths from covid-19, behind the United States, Brazil and India, and the fifteenth in number of confirmed infections, according to the Johns Hopkins University count.Read more: Today’s weather forecast: Tropical Storm “Rick” will become a hurricane in the PacificOn past Tuesday, the Mexican government said that the country is approaching its “absolute minimum point” of COVID-19 cases after 11 consecutive weeks of reduction of the third wave of infections. VIDEO. This is how the Tamaulipas Police fought against organized crime in Matamoros

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