Following the news that UK Authorized Pfizer and BioNTech Vaccine Against COVID-19 and will begin to apply it in the coming days, the head of the Ministry of Foreign Relations (SRE), Marcelo Ebrard, highlighted that this antidote is being analyzed by the Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risks (Cofepris), so vaccination in Mexico will start before the end of the year.
Through his Twitter account, the official celebrated that the British authorities gave the OK to the medicine and become the first country in the world to start its application. “In Mexico, the regulatory authority (Ministry of Health-Cofepris) already has the corresponding request. What many supposed impossible, is now a reality: vaccination is about to start in December 2020“, wrote.
This Wednesday it was announced that the Regulatory Agency for Healthcare and Medical Products (MHRA) made this determination and They will begin with the application from next week to the highest risk groups. In final clinical trials, the vaccine proved to be a 95% effective and with good results in both young and old.
“The Government has accepted today the recommendation of the Regulatory Agency for Health and Medical Products (MHRA) of approve Pfizer / BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for use“, Can be read in a statement, where they also mentioned that the experts concluded that”meets strict levels of safety, quality and effectiveness”.
Pfizer Chief Executive Officer Albert Bourla called the UK decision “a historic moment (…) We are focusing on moving forward with the same level of urgency to safely supply a high-quality vaccine around the world”.
In Mexico, one of the most complex elements surrounding this vaccine is the fact that for its conservation and transportation it takes a infrastructure that keeps it at temperatures of 70 degrees below zero and the country does not have it.
However, last week, during a press conference, Paola Fontanelli, director of corporate communication for Pfizer Mexico, said that would help the health authorities in this task.
According to Fontanelli, the pharmaceutical company is working “closely with the government” to resolve this issue and highlighted Pfizer’s expertise in cold chain management for vaccines. “We are ready to be able to support with distribution and logistics”, He specified.
On the other hand, Hugo Lopez-Gatell, Undersecretary of Prevention and Health Promotion, announced that the Mexican government already has the new version of the document that contains the vaccination schedules for the population, as well as the distribution plans to follow once the formulas land in the country.
The person in charge of managing the pandemic said that it is positive to have this document, because “beyond being a guide”, Represents the work of a vaccination advisory technical group, which is made up of various experts in the field of virology, infectology, health systems, ethics, human rights, health economics and epidemiology, among other.
The team members came from institutions such as the Center for Research on Infectious Diseases of the National Institute of Public Health, the Pan American and World Health Organizations, as well as academic centers at UNAM and other universities.
Based on this document, various matters related to the vaccine application, As the prioritization scheme, the strategy of distribution and application, pharmacovigilance, its effectiveness and the communication strategy that will be used around it.
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