Mexico, Mexico.
Migrants who pass through Mexico during the national covid-19 vaccination plan, which is already underway, will also be vaccinated under the age regime put in place by the federal government, the health authority reported Saturday.
“This population is very vulnerable and is fully considered in the vaccination strategy,” the director of the epidemiological surveillance of non-communicable diseases said at a news conference. Gabriela Nucamendi.
He said a person of “different” immigration status does not have documents such as a population registry code, but that this is being considered and experts from the Ministry of Health are already working on a specific strategy “to attract this population.”
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Migration in Mexico has been on the rise since October 2018, when caravans with thousands of Central American migrants began entering the country to U.S although in 2020 the migration flow will be low due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The official pointed out that, although it is a migrant population “and they only pass through the country,” the Mexican government will also consider the same vaccination strategy, that is, by age, to direct them to special modules.
According to the vaccination plan, Mexico started vaccinating health workers in January and hopes that vaccination for older adults over 60 will begin this month. for whom doses of Pfize would be usedr for people from remote communities; Sputnik V for those living in medium-sized communities, and CanSino for older adults living in large cities.
This week, the Mexican government began registering people over the age of 60 online and in this regard, the official reported that 3.27 million older adults have been registered to date and recalled that the goal is to reach 14.46 million people in that age bracket living in the country.
Mexico has agreements for 34.4 million doses of Pfizer, 77.4 million from the British AstraZeneca, 35 million CanSino and 51.5 million from the Covax platform.
In addition, it negotiated 24 million doses of the Sputnik V formula with Russia.
As of this Saturday, Mexico has 1.92 million confirmed infections and a total of 165,786 deaths since the pandemic began on February 28 in this country.