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After conducting a work tour in the city of Laredo, Texas, the governor of Nuevo León, Samuel Garcia, reported that starting this week a third stage of cross-border vaccination against covid-19 for children from 5 to 11 years old, on three international bridges.
According to the state president, the routes where the doses will be applied to this population group It will be on the international bridges of Hidalgo-McAllen, Laredo and Colombia.
“As if that weren’t enough, our friends from Laredo offered us a third route to continue vaccinating Neolonese. No one in all of Mexico is vaccinating at the rate that Nuevo León is vaccinating and it is thanks to my friends from Laredo.
“Today we announced a third route. Two months ago we started vaccinating adults in Laredo; a month later the second route opens to vaccinate adults and children in McAllen and Mission. Today we open a third route in Colombia to vaccinate to adults and children.
“But do you know what is the best news of all? That this week the vaccination of Neolonese between 5 and 11 years old begins, the only state in Mexico that is going to start vaccinating children between 5 and 11 years of age,” he presumed.
In an interview, the governor specified that this Monday began with a pilot program in this population group, but this week they will begin with the vaccination in the three aforementioned international bridges.
Samuel García said that to date 51,000 adults have been vaccinated and 53,000 children under 18 have also received their doses against covid-19.
“As of today, there are 74,000 Neolonese vaccinated here in the United States, 51,000 adults and 53,000 minors,” he added.
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