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Mexico City nurse Maria Ramírez became the first person in Latin America to get vaccinated for COVID-19 on Thursday
The Mexican government received a shipment of 3,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on
Wednesday
The government planned to vaccinate health workers in Mexico City and other medical personnel in other cities throughout the nation
As of Thursday, Mexico generated 120,311 coronavirus deaths - fourth most in the globe
An intensive care nurse in Mexico City Thursday became the first person in Latin America to receive an approved coronavirus vaccine.
Mexico began administering the first 3,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in a broadcast ceremony in which María Ramírez, 59, got the first shot.
By Yucatan Times on December 24, 2020
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The vaccination campaign against covid-19 officially started on Thursday, December 24th, in Mexico, and Maria Irene Ramirez becomes the first person to receive the biological from Pfizer and BioNTech in the country.
On the morning of this Thursday, the vaccination against the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus began in Mexico, in its first phase, which includes health personnel such as doctors and nurses but also includes orderlies, cleaning personnel, medical assistants, radiologists, laboratory workers and chemists.
On Wednesday, December 23rd, the first batch of 3,000 doses of the biological vaccine manufactured by Pfizer and BioNTech arrived in the country, with which vaccination started at the General Hospital of Mexico and two military headquarters located in Toluca and Querétaro.