Toluca /
In the State of Mexico, 918 boys and girls between the ages of five and 12 have received the vaccine against covid-19, through the promotion of shelters; only in the last day carried out in Toluca they added around 873 minors benefited.
The person in charge of the logistics of the National Vaccination Strategy in the State of Mexico reported that once the judicial authorities have issued the respective resolutions the entity complies with the provisions, this in accordance with the availability of the biological, which is distributed by the Federal Government.
remembered that This March 23 and 24 in the Mexican capital a special day was held of vaccination, so that the minors received the biological, after promoting these shelters, which was carried out in the Children’s Hospital.
During this last day, he specified, applied the biological to 873 children between five and 12 years oldcomplying with the resolutions issued by the judicial authorities.
“We have already vaccinated many minors between the ages of five and 12, we have been vaccinating, we have had more than 918 children between the ages of 5 and 12 who have received a vaccine because they protected themselves.”
The also Undersecretary General of the Government of the entity informed that they used the biological Pfizer BioNTech, which is the only one that to date has scientifically demonstrated safety and efficacy in minors 18 years old and the only one authorized by the Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risks (Cofepris).
More than 4 thousand assisted with shelters
He explained that through this modality, more than 4,823 children between the ages of 5 and 17 have already received at least one dose of the vaccine. He indicated that The State of Mexico is awaiting the provisions of the Federal Government for the care of children under 14 years of ageto continue with the progress in immunization, mainly in boys and girls who until now are not included in the National Vaccination Program.
Was on September 28, 2021 they applied the first doses of the covid-19 vaccine for minors who processed this type of protection.
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