INAI asks Cofepris to make information on vaccines transparent to minors

Julieta Del Río, commissioner of the INAI (National Institute of Transparency, Access to Information and Protection of Personal Data), asked Cofepris to provide information on whether it has already authorized the application of the Pfizer vaccine against COVID-19 for children between 5 and 11 years old.
“I decided to publicly expose this review resource because it is important to emphasize again that the COVID-19 pandemic is not over yet, and as long as the population has information about it, they will be able to take their preventive measures and make their strategy; but, above all, to reiterate that Cofepris has been recurrent in omitting responses and responding to requests,” said Commissioner Norma Julieta del Río Venegas.
This, because the INAI detected that Cofepris was ignored when providing the information requested by a citizen.

“A person required to know if Cofepris has already authorized the application of the vaccine in the national territory
Pfizer/Biontech against COVID-19 for children between 5 and 11 years old, having to specify what they are
the therapeutic indications for its application (dose and time between them), and from when it is
the authorization is in force. In addition, it requested a certified copy of the document containing that document.
authorization,” the statement said.

🔶 @COFEPRIS has been recurrent in omitting responses to requests, violating the right of access to information of individuals: Commissioner @JulietDelrio #INAIalMomento https://t.co/rC2b4sJmcU pic.twitter.com/K1iTrEj87S
— INAI (@INAImexico) June 12, 2022

The commissioner said that it is not the first time that the commission has ignored to respond to requests for information issued by the INAI, “thus denying key information to citizens.”
“There is a systematic pattern in the lack of response to requests, which is a violation of the right of access to information of citizens,” he said.
 
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Original source in Spanish