The US will send Mexico 8.5M more doses of Covid-19 vaccine as the delta variant drives the country’s 3rd wave of infections, Mexican officials say.
“The appearance of new cases is much greater than what we saw in the first and second waves,” said Mexico City public health specialist Miguel Betancourt.
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris informed Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador of the new shipments during a call Monday, Ebrard said. On Tuesday, however, White House press secretary Jen Psaki was less definite. “We don’t have anything confirmed at this point in time in terms of the numbers or the timeline on that decision,” she said.
Mexico has received 91.2 million doses of five different vaccines, about 73 million of which have been applied. Some 51 million people have received at least one dose and 27 million have been fully vaccinated. Another change between the two waves is that the bulk of the new infections this time are not in those 60 years and up, but rather people 20 to 50 years old. Mortality was less in all age groups.
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