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“I believe that for humanism, also for ethics, everyone should be vaccinated,” says the President of Mexico before the possibility to vaccinate undocumented Mexicans in the US AMLO instructs Chancellor Marcelo Ebrard to attend to the possibility of vaccinating undocumented Mexicans in the United States. Photo: EFE
By: EFE 10 from January 2021
The President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, promised that he will guarantee that migrants undocumented immigrants in the United States access the covid vaccine – 19.
The president made this announcement after the governor’s controversy of Nebraska, Republican Pete Ricketts, who on Monday suggested that the undocumented would not receive the antidote despite be essential to the state’s food industry.
“ We are going to ask the Ministry of Foreign Relations (SRE) to take care of this, I think that for humanism, also for ethics everyone should be vaccinated “, argued López Obrador in his morning press conference.
President’s statements occur a day after the annoyance that the Foreign Ministry expressed over Governor Ricketts’ position.
In Nebraska, two out of every three meat industry employees are undocumented and nearly 70% of migrants without papers are essential workers, shared Maki Teramoto, General Director of Protection of Mexicans Abroad of the Ministry of Foreign Relations.
Roberto Velasco, director for North America of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, denounced that denying the vaccine against covid – 19 “goes against basic human rights.”
Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard reaffirmed that Mexico “does include everyone in its plan vaccination. ”
López Obrador reco rdo that in the United States they have only applied 5 million vaccines, so there is still an opportunity to manage the inclusion of undocumented persons.
“ It is still missing and we are on time for all our countrymen to be vaccinated and we would do all the procedures so that they are not denied that possibility “, he said.
In the United States there are close of 10. 5 million undocumented immigrants, according to data from the Pew Research Center. Of these, an estimate of 47% are Mexican, which is equivalent to 4.9 million.
In response to an express question, López Obrador stated that Mexico would vaccinate its countrymen in the United States if the governors deny them access to the drug.
“ We are looking to resolve that we have enough vaccine to be vaccinated at the end of March, that is the purpose, to all the elderly in the country, but that is what corresponds to our plan and also to help our countrymen not to stop vaccinating in the United States ”, said.
Mexico, which accumulates more than 1. 46 million cases and almost 129, 000 deaths from covid – 19, is one of the first countries to initiate vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.
But the country has only received little more than 100. 000 doses of Pfizer and BioNTech antidote, all applied to health personnel.
E The president recalled that as of next week weekly batches of this vaccine will begin to arrive greater than 399, 000 dose , which will allow immunization of all health personnel who fight covid – 19 at the end of this month.
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