TAMPICO. Due to the fact that in Mexico there is still no date for the dose against Covid-19 to be authorized in children between the ages of five and 15, people from Tamaulipas chose to carry out a vaccination tourism that consists of traveling to the United States to have the antigen applied to minors just by making an appointment.
Janeth Villegas is a mother who lives in Tampico who, concerned that her little five-year-old Fabio would get coronavirus again, decided to take him to Texas to vaccinate, so, together with her partner, they traveled by car to the southern United States, but had previously requested an appointment on a website.
“We had an appointment, but passing through Brownsville, Texas, we went to a shopping center and at the pharmacy we asked if they could apply the vaccine; We showed the appointment, and without a problem, they vaccinated him immediately,” said Mrs. Janeth.
In the midst of tears, in a matter of minutes, Fabio received a dose of the Pfizer antigen, in addition, a three-week appointment for the application of the reinforcement was extended. “It is very fast, very practical and we are already preparing the trip so that the second dose is applied.”
As in the case of Janeth, many parents bring their children to the state of Texas to have their children vaccinated, by appointment on the website https://www.walgreens.com/findcare/vaccination/covid /19/landing.
Pediatrician Gabriel Rosado Triay pointed out that this fourth wave of Covid-19 has also hit children since minors with possible coronavirus infection and symptoms such as high fever, burning throat arrive at his office, located in the border municipality of Reynosa. and general malaise.
“We had the new wave of Covid-19; it hit children more because they are the ones who are not vaccinated and we know that there is a small percentage of complications in minors, but what we would not want is for a relative of ours to be part of that small percentage,” explained Rosado Triay.
“With regard to the consequences that we can find, even in children it leaves them feeling tired, it is what we see most frequently; hair loss, but I can say that the consequences are in the medium term,” said the pediatrician.
The head of the Secretary of Health in Tamaulipas, Gloria Molina Gamboa, reported that since the pandemic began, 11 children have died from complications related to the coronavirus. She pointed out that from 2020 to date, 7,867 minors have been infected.
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The state official explained that so far there is only cross-border vaccination, which is carried out in Reynosa, Río Bravo and Matamoros for children over 12 years of age.
“Nothing is written, in Mexico the Federation is officially the one that coordinates vaccination in this country. Mexico has not authorized vaccination for five years ahead,” said the Secretary of Health.
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