Mexico began in the state of Baja California with the application of 1. 35 million doses of COVID vaccines – 19 by Janssen , a drug from the Johnson and Johnson laboratory, which were donated by the United States to the Mexican government.
“ Today we begin, in the six municipalities of Baja California, we hope to end in 10 days, it will be the first state in the one that we are going to conclude at 100% vaccination, using the vaccines that gilded us from the United States government. One million 350 thousand which is a dose of Johnson and Johnson ”, said the president Andrés Manuel López Obrador in his morning conference.
“Vaccination does not stop in the country, it continues. This is a special program because we got these vaccines from the United States. We want to vaccinate the population of the 39 municipalities of the border strip so that the border is opened as soon as possible, that is the purpose ”, he pointed out.
During the conference morning, the Secretary of Security, Rosa Icela Rodríguez, was in charge of presenting this new vaccination plan in the border area with the United States that began in Baja California.
“ Baja California, by instruction of the president, is the first entity that will have universal vaccination from the 18 years onwards “, reported Rosa Icela.
The Secretary of Security specified that it began with the immunization of the entire population over 18 years in the six municipalities of the state of Baja California such as: Tijuana, Mexicali, Tecate, Rosarito, San Quintín and Ensenada.
He explained that all 1. 35 million Janssen vaccines, single dose drug, will be applied during the next 10 days in 16 vaccination centers and with an average of some 140, 000 daily dose.
From the early hours of this Thursday 17 in June, before the official announcement was made at the morning conference, hundreds of people, mostly young people, lined up in long lines in these 17 vaccination to receive the Johnson and Johnson laboratory single application dose.
# Mexicali 💉
From On Tuesday morning there is already a waiting line at the Center for Fairs, Events and Exhibitions (FEX) in Mexicali, Baja California for the vaccination of 18 years on, which starts tomorrow, Thursday. pic.twitter.com/UnHv5tSQQq– Berenice Díaz Gutiérrez (@BereniceDiazG ) June 16, 2021
Start vaccination against COVID – 19 for older than 18 years in Baja California. So the line for the vaccination point in the Baja California Center. https://t.co/zl 40 nvpl 91 pic.twitter.com/iFm9RNlOE2
– Alexandra Mendoza (@alemend) June 17, 2020
#President Conference . From this 18 of June, in Baja California there will be a universal vaccination day for all those over 18 years, announces @ rosaicela _ pic.twitter.com/ibWCwTK9FP
– Jenaro Villamil (@jenarovillamil) June 18, 2021
Last Tuesday 15 of June 2021, Janssen’s vaccine shipment landed in Mexico that the Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harris, had promised Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
That same day the The Mexican government announced that these vaccines would serve to immunize the 39 border municipalities of the six states of the north to be able to reopen the border with the United States as soon as possible, partially closed since March of 2021 for the COVID pandemic – 19 .
Baja California is from this Thursday 17 June 2021 the first state in the country where the entire population greater than 18 years can access the vaccine.
In the rest of the country, the vaccination plan includes for now those over 40 years, to health personnel, teachers and pregnant women.
Since December, Mexico has supplied 38. 2 million doses of different vaccines and 15. 4 million Mexicans have completed their vaccination schedule against COVID – 19.
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