Today, October 18, 2021, the vaccination against covid for children and adolescents from 12 to 17 years old with some comorbidity.
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The first dose of covid vaccine from Pfizer It will be applied to this group of people in Coahuila, Tlaxcala, Durango and Chiapas.
On October 1, 2021 started the registration for vaccination against covid of young people aged 12 to 17 years, but only for those with comorbidities such as:
- Severe chronic lung disease
- Cancer
- HIV carriers
- Chronic kidney disease
- Liver or digestive system
- Neurological and cardiovascular diseases
- Diabetes
- Genetic abnormalities or those who have had an organ transplant.
It is planned to protect between 750 thousand and 1.5 million adolescents.
The Undersecretary of Prevention and Health Promotion, Hugo Lopez-Gatell, announced on September 24, 2021 the stage of vaccination against covid with Pfizer doses for children and adolescents 12 to 17 years of age with comorbidities.
Hugo López-Gatell explained that only the biological of Pfizer because it is the only one that has been shown to be safe and effective in children between 12 and 17 years of age.
The Undersecretary of Prevention and Health Promotion did not rule out that in the future other pharmaceutical companies also present their files and demonstrate that their vaccines can also be used in children and adolescents.
Vaccination of children between 12 and 17 years old with comorbidities begins in Chiapas
The CEO of Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS), Zoé Robledo, and the governor of Chiapas, Rutilio Escandón Cadenas, announced that they began vaccination against covid to minors between 12 and 17 years of age with comorbidities in the entity.
Zoé Robledo pointed out that with the initiation in some states of vaccination to the population aged 12 to 17 years with comorbidities, Chiapas has the challenge of joining this process
With information from Noticieros Televisa
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