Mexico is expecting a response from The United States about the request for doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine it has in stock, said Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard on Tuesday
The doses of British -developed vaccine asked by Mexico has not yet approved for use in The United States
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”I’d say we’ve made good progress, but the details, figures, provisions, won’t be known until Friday. We request as many (AstraZeneca doses) as possible and we will have the answer on Friday,” said Ebrard.
During the virtual meeting between Mexico President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and U.S President Joe Biden. Mexico President asks for a vaccine ”loan” in the meeting on March 1. Mexico vaccines were knocked off because of the delay in deliveries by vaccine developer Pfizer Inc and German partner BioNTech SE.
”We are hoping for the help, support, and solidarity of the U.S government. I can confirm that in a month and a half, before the end of April, we will have vaccinated all the adults over 60 years of age,” in a regular news conference said Mexico President on Tuesday
Because in the delay of delivering vaccine in Mexico it failed to vaccinate its people in March
The U.S president has stated that ”our first priority is to vaccinate the American people and that if we have surplus vaccines from the effort we will look for the way to share them”.
Mexico and China’s Sinovac Biotech Ltd is signing a contract to purchase 20 million COVID -19 vaccine doses, on Tuesday said Ebrard.