ACAPULCO. parents of students of schools of Hot Land of Guerrero rejected the application to their children of the Pfizer vaccine pediatric vs. Covid-19after which personal doctor of Altamirano City reported a batch of doses that had expired since November and that was going to be used in minors.
The Secretary of Health of Guerrero published a statement indicating that the vaccines can be administered to children between the ages of five and 11 even if they have an expired expiration date, because in accordance with the international quality standards of the pfizer pharmaceutical and the evaluation of the Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risks (Cofepris) the antigen shelf life expires on February 28.
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The explanation did not convince the parents of students from the Ciudad Altamirano municipality, who were joined by those from Arcelia, San Miguel Totolapan and Teloloapan, who maintain their rejection of their children being inoculated with this biological because there is a risk that pictures of allergic reactions are presented.
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All this discomfort occurred as a result of the fact that last Wednesday, doctors and nurses from the clinic of the Institute of Security and Social Services for State Workers (ISSSTE) and of the Ciudad Altamirano Health Center reported a batch of pediatric vaccines Pfizer which had expired since November, so they refused to supply them to minors.
Last Thursday, the technical director of the National Vaccination StrategyRuy López Rodaura, explained that there was no problem with the vaccinethat the expiration date was until February 28, so he reiterated that it was a safe and effective biological.
