The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, celebrated the start of the “massive” immunization plan against the covid – 19, with which it is expected that in the next four days more than 368, 000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to health personnel.
“ Today we begin this vaccination, let’s say, massive . So far we have been around 80, 00 or 90, 000 vaccines applied, but the purpose is to apply in the next four days, more than 400, 000, to get to near 500, 000 ″, said the president during his morning press conference from the National Palace.
López Obrador also said that is expected from January to April get the COVID vaccine – 19 to 15 millions of older adults because “it is the other priority group ”.
The president explained that they will be formed 000, 000 brigades, which will be integrated by 10 public servants and two volunteers per brigade, with which “they will participate in the vaccination plan 120, 000 people. ”
The president called on all health professionals who are in hospitals that treat covid – 19 to prepare to receive the vaccine , because they are the priority. “Influences and power are not worth it,” he asserted.
Immunization “is going to touch us soon, soon we will all be protected,” he said, emphasizing that vaccination will be universal and free.
For his part, the Undersecretary of Prevention and Health Promotion, Hugo López-Gatell, pointed out that with the arrival of this batch of vaccines there will be a significant change in speed in immunization.
More vaccines arrive in Mexico
López-Gatell reported that in addition to the 439, 000 vaccines that arrive from Pfizer to Mexico this Tuesday will also arrive on AstraZeneca Covid Vaccine First Shipment – 20 which has been manufactured in Argentina.
He specified that this first batch of biological from the British AstraZeneca will arrive in the country to finish being processed at the facilities of the Mexican laboratory Liomon t, so the application of this vaccine will begin until March.
“It is already preparing for export to Mexico and the first batch of the vaccine will surely arrive today of AstraZeneca ”, he detailed.
He stated that on his trip to Argentina last week, in which he met with the president of that country, Alberto Fernández, Negotiations were held to purchase up to 24 million doses of the Russian vaccine Sputnik V.
So far, Mexico adds 1, 541, 633 confirmed cases by covid – 19 and 134,368 dead and it has been one of the countries that has opted for early access to the vaccine to immunize their almost 130 million inhabitants until March of 2022, with an investment of 32, 000 million pesos (about 1, 600 million dollars).
Mexico has pre-purchase contracts of 34. 4 million doses of Pfizer, 77. 4 million from the British AstraZeneca, 35 million from CanSino and 34. 4 million from the Organization’s Covax platform World Health Organization (WHO).
The Mexican Army will be in charge of the safeguarding and distribution of vaccines
The new batch with 439 thousand doses of Pfizer’s vaccine against Covid – 19 who arrived today at the International Airport of the City of Mexico (AICM), is distributed throughout the country through the Mexican Army.
General Luis Cresencio Sandoval, head of the Sedena, specified the distribution logistics of this new lot with 439 thousand 725 dose.
“ The arrival is at 9: 00 in the morning, the unloading of the plane begins, then the transfer of the vaccines to the DHL warehouse, here comes the priority deconsolidation, this will take us from 9: 00 to 9: 45. After deconsolidation, the DHL company transfers the vaccine to the customs recognition area, the SAP performs the customs review, and Cofepris the corresponding review.
“ At 10: 30 in the morning, the vaccine is loaded into the vehicles of the DHL company, from here they come to the Incan at 11 : 20. When all these vaccines arrive at the National Cancer Institute , a review is made again and that review will determine which boxes, which packages require a dry ice recharge to guarantee the cold network ”, said the owner of the Sedena.
The Secretary of National Defense said that at 11: 20 hours the distribution routes will begin.
“ The land routes will be to seven, six neighboring states and Mexico City. These land routes will carry the vaccines, the supplies for their application, which are syringes, liquids, what the personnel of the vaccination brigades and the armbands require, which will be the way to identify the personnel who will be integrating these vaccination brigades.
“E n the land routes we have that of Mexico City, which will be destined to the attention of the 69 hospitals in CDMX that are treating this pandemic. On other land routes, the State from Mexico, Hidalgo, Morelos, Puebla and Tlaxcala, the state coordinators designated by the federal government will also be present to receive their vaccines and to make at those distribution points the designation of all the hospitals that are tasked with treating COVID in each of their respective states, ”he said.
In addition, the General affirmed that eight air routes are contemplated, seven through airplanes and one with helicopters.
“ In this way, the 32 federal entities, will be eight routes to carry out this distribution corresponding to the 25 states that we do by air ”, he pointed out.
Luis Cresencio Sandoval affirmed that the vaccination will start tomorrow Wednesday and there will be 879 vaccination cells, where Campeche will be the last delivery destination.
“ The brigades or vaccination cells are 879 that correspond to the hospitals that we identify. These will be at 7: 00 of the morning of the day 13 already in the hospitals activating vaccination. They are integrated with two national servants, two from social programs, four elements between Sedena, Semar and National Guard, a nurse, a doctor and two volunteers.
“At 3: 40 tomorrow we will be closing the delivery at 879 Covid hospitals, at that time we will be closing, “he added.
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