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In the last 24 hours, Mexico registered 9 thousand 958 infections and 19 deaths from COVID-19.
According to the technical report of the Ministry of Health, at the cutoff of this Friday, June 17, the country accumulates 5 million 862 thousand 554 positive cases and 325 thousand 359 deaths by coronavirus.
The agency explained that, to this day, they have detected 59 thousand 186 active cases of the viruswhich are found predominantly in the following entities: Baja California Sur, Mexico City, Sinaloa, Yucatán, Quintana Roo, Colima, Nuevo León, Aguascalientes, Nayarit and Baja California.
Active cases are considered those positive that started symptoms in the last 14 days, allowing to identify where there is greater viral activity and increase in virus transmission.
In the last five weeks, most of the cases are present in the groups of 18 to 29 years, followed by the group of 30 to 39 years and 40 to 49 years.
Globally, in the last 24 hours, 609,158 cases and 1,444 deaths from coronavirus were reported.
EU authorizes Pfizer and Moderna vaccine for children under 5
Las COVID vaccines from Pfizer and Modern for children under 5 years of age received this Friday the authorization of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA, for its acronym in English).
This means that almost the entire US population will soon be able to protect themselves against illness caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
The FDA authorization allows the use of Pfizer’s three-dose vaccine for children six months to 4 years, made with German partner BioNTech, and Moderna’s two-dose vaccine for children six months to 5 years, he detailed. the agency.
Moderna’s COVID vaccine has also been licensed for use in children and adolescents ages 6 through 17. Until now, only the Pfizer vaccine was available for this age group.
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