As of Wednesday, doses of the new Pfizer vaccine against COVID-19 are available at some of Mexico’s biggest pharmacy chains.
The new vaccines can be purchased at select branches of Farmacias del Ahorro, Farmacias Benavides, Farmacias San Pablo and Farmacias Guadalajara, among others, with prices ranging from 848 pesos (US$49. 78) to 999 pesos (US$58. 65), less than some recent vaccines. Estimates made through public servants.
The shots will be administered by on-site registered nurses in the consultorios (consulting rooms) adjacent to the pharmacies.
Recommended for people ages five and older, COVID-19 vaccines are also available for free in Mexico’s public gyms, President López Obrador said in his Wednesday press release.
The president said he got the vaccine “about a month ago” and won “both: the COVID vaccine and the flu vaccine. And all good. I didn’t even have a reaction. “
Mexico’s Health Regulatory Agency (Cofepris) announced on December 8 that it had the Pfizer (Comirnaty Omicron XBB 1. 5) and Moderna (Spikevax monovalent XBB 1. 5) vaccines.
The vaccines both have an updated formula that works against the Omicron variant XBB.1.5 of Sars-COV2.
The plan is to distribute them through vaccination centers, private medical practices, hospitals and authorized pharmacies. Consumers are urged to check the brand of vaccine available and the cost, if any.
Farmacias San Pablo said it would have the Pfizer vaccine available at 77 branches in the Valley of Mexico and the states of Morelos, Queretaro and Puebla at 848 pesos ($49. 78). Farmacias Benavides sells it at 999 pesos ($58. 65), with discounts on all upcoming injections planned for members of the family circle.
López Obrador said he opposes value regulation because drugs that “save lives should not be limited or controlled. “The most important thing is to make sure that the drug is widely distributed “for others, for everyone, for the rich and the poor. “poor. “
Epidemiologist Ruy Lopez Ridaura, who replaced Hugo Lopez-Gatell as Mexico’s undersecretary of health, said about 19 million flu shots have been administered this flu season, about 53% of the goal of 35 million. However, 3. 8 million doses of COVID-19 have been administered. managed, about 18% of the target.
“We have vaccines to receive in almost each and every gym, in each and every entity,” he said as a reminder. He also noted that although the COVID-19 positivity rate is “steadily decreasing,” the flu has been on the rise since early November, and lately the positivity rate is “close to 20%. “Mexico introduced its national COVID-19 and flu vaccination crusade in mid-October.
Regarding the Pirola variant of COVID-19, which is a subvariant of Omicron, López Ridaura said that since August there has been one case in all of Mexico (in Mexico City).
Regarding the production of a COVID-19 vaccine in Mexico called Patria, the new vice minister of health said he expects it to be available soon.
“They calculated the capacity to produce up to four million doses in the first quarter [of 2024],” he said. “We’ll see how much the country gets, but we’re also focused on our commitment to [have the vaccine] by the next winter season [202four-25]. “
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