Mexico has become the fourth country to approve the emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.
“Mexico is the fourth country whose health agency, Cofepris, has given authorisation for emergency use of the Pfizer and BioNTech vaccine,” deputy health minister Hugo Lopez-Gatell told a news conference on Friday. “This is a source of hope and tranquillity.”
The United Kingdom, Bahrain and Canada have already approved the vaccine, while the United State’s Food and Drug Administration also authorised its emergency use late on Friday.
Earlier this week, the Mexican government announced it would begin a vaccination drive against the coronavirus by the end of this month. It ordered the first batch of 250,000 doses to immunise 125,000 people, since the vaccine requires two shots.