Hugo López-Gatell, Undersecretary for Prevention and Health Promotion, reported that the vaccine against Covid-19 will be in the basic table for its application in mid-October and will be applied along with the dose against influenza for the winter season. .
The undersecretary guaranteed that there is a reserve of necessary doses for its application.
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In an interview with the media outside the National Palace, López-Gatell explained that this vaccine will be applied to high-risk groups, such as adults over 60 years of age, people with uncontrolled diabetes, patients with morbid obesity, as well as those with lung or cardiac and pregnant women.
“When will we Mexicans be able to see that this vaccine is part of the basic picture?” he was asked.
“We know this with great precision because given the behavior of Covid that is predicted to be similar in terms of occurrence with influenza with more than 450 respiratory viruses that have been with humanity for a long time, have always been and will continue to be. So the vaccination would be precisely the season that the vaccine is given against the flu.
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“Approximately in the middle of October and until March (of 2024) always hoping that the largest number of vaccines are applied before December,” he said.
“Are there reservations?” He continued to be questioned.
“We have been working on this for a long time and we have already identified the supply that could be useful to us,” he replied.
With information from Alberto Morales
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2023-06-27 22:38:30
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