Mexico authorizes emergency use of COVID-19 vaccine from India

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FILE PHOTO: A health official draws a dose of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India at Colombo Infectious Diseases Hospital, Sri Lanka, on January 29, 2021. REUTERS / Dinuka Liyanawatte / File Photo

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s health regulator Cofepris has authorized the emergency use of India’s COVID-19 vaccine COVAXIN, Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Tuesday.

“Very timely decision by COFEPRIS to authorize the emergency use of the COVAXIN vaccine manufactured in India. Vaccination options against COVID-19 in Mexico are expanding !!! “Ebrard said on Twitter.

Report by Diego Ore, written by Drazen Jorgic; Edited by Himani Sarkar

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